The Wrong End of the Telescope Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Rabih Alameddine
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Wrong End of the Telescope Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Rabih Alameddine
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Emma romantically partnered with in Part I?
(a) Sam.
(b) Rodrigo.
(c) Mazen.
(d) Skelly.

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

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

4. What does Francine once do with people on the street who ask for money in Chicago?
(a) Brings them to the library.
(b) Asks them to stay at her apartment.
(c) Gives them money for college.
(d) Buys them a plane ticket.

5. How does Mina think the writer's family feels about him?
(a) They are indifferent to him.
(b) The despise him.
(c) He has no family left.
(d) They adore him.

6. What does Francine remind Mina she is in Lesbos to do at the very end of Part II?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Help refugees, not hang out with Emma.
(c) Eat well.
(d) Find herself.

7. What significant event does Mina miss by being in Lesbos in Part I?
(a) Her niece's baptism.
(b) Her son's tenth birthday.
(c) Her thirtieth wedding anniversary.
(d) Her mother's funeral.

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

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

10. Where does the ferry take the refugees from Lesbos?
(a) Athens.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

11. Where does Mina recall meeting the writer unofficially some years earlier?
(a) At a dinner in Berlin.
(b) At a class in Chciago.
(c) At a service project in Hines.
(d) At a reading in Boystown.

12. Why does Samaiya's family ask if Mina is a man?
(a) They knew a doctor who dressed in drag so he could visit female patients.
(b) They think she is a man in drag.
(c) They can not believe a woman would be a doctor.
(d) They trust male doctors more.

13. What did Mina's mother spend all the spare money on when Mina was a child?
(a) Paints.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Dresses for herself.

14. Where does Mina choose her name?
(a) In Lesbos.
(b) In Indonesia.
(c) In London.
(d) In Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a friend of Rania Kassem's insist she leave the camp in the end of the section titled "How to Become a Westerner"?

2. What kind of rental car does Mina drive in Part I?

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

4. Who suggests that Mina write her story about working with refugees?

5. Who was Mina's first romantic partner?

(see the answer keys)

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