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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rasheed help immigrate to Europe in the chapter titled "But How Butch Are You"?
(a) Sammy.
(b) A gay male couple from Iraq.
(c) Mazen.
(d) Sumaiya.

2. How do Francine and Mina first meet Lubna?
(a) When she starts working with them.
(b) When she becomes their neighbor.
(c) When she marries their friend Syl.
(d) When she finds them at a book launch.

3. What is the main unique feature in the writer's father's dream house in Lebanon?
(a) Gold gilding.
(b) A huge library.
(c) An aviary.
(d) An opal in the stone.

4. Which nationality is the interpreter who works with Sammy and Sumaiya in Part III?
(a) Lebanese.
(b) Dutch.
(c) American.
(d) Spanish.

5. What is the first sentence Mina writes in her correspondence to Mazen to help repair their relationship in Part III?
(a) I forgive you and hope you forgive me.
(b) I need you.
(c) I have never stopped missing you.
(d) All my love always.

6. What event increases anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe that the narrator notes in the chapter "Every Country Gets the Refugees it Deserves"?
(a) The 2015 Paris attacks.
(b) The 2005 London bombings.
(c) The 2009 Barcelona bombings.
(d) The 2018 Hellman incident.

7. What topic does Mina note that Francine once wrote a paper about in Part III?
(a) Flightiness.
(b) Outsider rage.
(c) Impostor Syndrome.
(d) Psychosis.

8. Where does the unnamed writer find out that not a single refugee wants to immigrate?
(a) England.
(b) The United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

9. Which mythical figure flew too close to the sun and ended up dying?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Fios.
(c) Winlet.
(d) Icarus.

10. Who does Mina wait for in the hotel in the chapter titled "How to Rob an Armenian Jewelry Store"?
(a) Hazem.
(b) Rasheed.
(c) Myron.
(d) Emma.

11. What does the unnamed writer listen to when he is very depressed in Part IV?
(a) Country music.
(b) Punk rock.
(c) Opera.
(d) Classic rock.

12. Why does Emma ask the two journalists to leave in Part III?
(a) They got very sick and were a threat to the health of the camp.
(b) They have upset everyone, especially Mazen.
(c) They asked for money for their interviews.
(d) They did not speak any Arabic so could not understand anything.

13. Who talks to Sumaiya and Sammy that Mazen does not like in the chapter "Avoid Getting Liver Cancer if you Can"?
(a) Francine.
(b) Two western journalists.
(c) The hospital administrator.
(d) The police.

14. Who does Mazen stay with when he gives up his hotel room?
(a) Rasheed.
(b) Mina.
(c) Emma.
(d) Riki.

15. What request does Asma make to Mina regarding their correspondence in Part IV?
(a) That she stop writing.
(b) That she describe her procedures as she would to any doctor.
(c) That she write more often.
(d) That she only write to Asma in Arabic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of mess does Mina think that Lesbos is when she arrives?

2. Where does the man who worked at the jewelry store say he and his family booked flights to get away from the police?

3. What kind of shipping container does Mina meet patients in in Part IV?

4. Who learns to adapt mannerisms and behavior to appear less threatening to American authorities in Part IV?

5. Who does Rasheed coach the person or people he helps immigrate to Europe to imitate?

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