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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rania Kassem do for a living?
(a) Professor.
(b) Ornithologist.
(c) Chef.
(d) Opthamologist.

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

3. What happens to Rania Kassem's husband?
(a) He is taken by the Syrian authorities and never returns.
(b) He flees to America.
(c) He joins Daesh.
(d) He drowns trying to cross into Europe.

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

5. Why does seeing the writer frightened and battered in Moria feel disorienting to Mina?
(a) She is used to seeing him in a restaurant.
(b) She is used to seeing him only in America.
(c) She is used to seeing him acting in an authoritative way.
(d) She is used to seeing him solid and confident.

6. Who calls the unnamed writer "sister"?
(a) Celso.
(b) Mira.
(c) Helen.
(d) Mina.

7. What does a young blonde volunteer scream at on the beach in Part II?
(a) A shark.
(b) A gun.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) A crab.

8. What was Mina's birth name?
(a) Hazen.
(b) Ayman.
(c) Firas.
(d) Henry.

9. Who asks Mina to come work with refugees in Part I?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Emma.
(c) Harper.
(d) Francine.

10. How does Mina describe the sea in "Here Comes the Boat"?
(a) As being gentle.
(b) As being rough.
(c) As being red-tinged.
(d) As being blanketed in gray.

11. Where did Mina's father often hunt?
(a) Dei-ez-Zor.
(b) Angkor Waat.
(c) Homs.
(d) Damascus.

12. What group of volunteers is one of the most effective on the island in Part I?
(a) The Greek Coast Guard.
(b) The young Spanish lifeguards.
(c) The Americorps volunteers.
(d) The older Peace Corps volunteers.

13. Where does Francine want to live in America?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) California.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

14. Who does Mina dream about on Lesbos?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Tiresias.
(d) Her cousin.

15. Where did Mina and Mazen first meet after her estrangement from the family?
(a) Venice.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mina think the orangutan does not attack her in Part II?

2. Where is the unnamed writer when he tries on a dress for the first time?

3. Where did Mina's father used to take the family on trips to?

4. Who did smugglers buy a lot of wooden boats from before Emma arrived?

5. Who does Emma see the writer talking to, as she tells it to Mina in Part I?

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