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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mina eventually go to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Darthmouth.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Yale.

2. Where was the unnamed writer traveling from when he first came to Lesbos?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Beirut.
(d) New York.

3. Who is the Palestinian who asks Mina to help him in Part I?
(a) Rasheed.
(b) Mazen.
(c) Sam.
(d) Robart.

4. What does Mina buy some children in Part II?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Ham sandwiches.
(d) Chocolate bars.

5. What does Emma tell Mina some of the younger volunteers do with refugees that shocks Mina?
(a) Ask them for money.
(b) Eat with them.
(c) Take selfies with them.
(d) Have sex with them.

6. When does Rania Kassem finally begin to find herself again after losing her way?
(a) When she acts as a doctor in the refugee camp.
(b) When she can read again.
(c) When she can write again.
(d) When she gets her bank account back.

7. Where was Mina born?
(a) Libya.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Greece.
(d) Poland.

8. What does Mina remember calling her mother at the height of her rage in Part II?
(a) A waste of space.
(b) A pig.
(c) A stupid woman.
(d) A whore.

9. What is one of the first things volunteers give the refugees?
(a) Money.
(b) Foil blankets.
(c) Painkillers.
(d) Books.

10. Where does Rania Kassem go after leaving the camp?
(a) Spain.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Austria.
(d) England.

11. How did Mina think her mother felt about her father?
(a) She disliked him.
(b) She worshiped him.
(c) She tolerated him.
(d) She was indifferent to him.

12. In Part II, where does Mina see the unnamed writer?
(a) Moria.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Barcelona.

13. What is one of the first things Mina and the others help Sumaiya and her family do?
(a) Open a bank account.
(b) Get a hotel.
(c) Register with the police.
(d) Cook food.

14. What does GoFundMeJeff do that makes him infamous?
(a) Buys a plane for himself with refugees' money.
(b) Ask for donations online to serve refugees, but then steals the money.
(c) Buys a boat with refugees' money.
(d) Eats dinner on the beach.

15. What does the unnamed writer say heels are for him?
(a) Purgatory.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Liberation.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mina's GPS sound like?

2. How does Mina meet Jennifer?

3. Who accompanies Mina and Jennifer on their trip to Indonesia?

4. What does Mina do for a living?

5. How does Mina think the writer's family feels about him?

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