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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mess does Mina think Lesbos becomes shortly after she leaves?
(a) A supernatural one.
(b) An unalterable one.
(c) A man-made one.
(d) An inhumane one.

2. Where does the writer visit Asma in Part IV, long after meeting her on Lesbos?
(a) Berlin.
(b) London.
(c) Malmo.
(d) Barcelona.

3. Who expedites the application of Sumaiya's family for asylum?
(a) Emma.
(b) Riki.
(c) Rasheed.
(d) Mazen.

4. What does the unnamed writer want to know from Nikolaos about a mass drowning incident his ancestors were involved in?
(a) How many trees were killed during the incident.
(b) Who was the Turkish Prime minister back then.
(c) How many people died.
(d) What songs the Turks played while many Greeks were drowning.

5. What smell does the unnamed writer's father say he can smell inexplicably close to his death?
(a) Tumeric.
(b) Humus.
(c) Cardamom.
(d) Sugar.

6. How many marines are killed in Beirut in the 1980s?
(a) 241.
(b) 123.
(c) 67.
(d) 800.

7. 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 have never stopped missing you.
(c) All my love always.
(d) I need you.

8. What word do the journalists use to describe Sammy that upsets Mazen?
(a) Hero.
(b) Crackpot.
(c) Infidel.
(d) Angel.

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

10. Who made the wings to escape from the island where the Minotaur was born?
(a) Minos.
(b) Pasiphae.
(c) Roman.
(d) Daedalus.

11. Why does Mazen give up his hotel room in Part IV?
(a) For a sick woman.
(b) For people running an animal shelter.
(c) For a group of young children.
(d) For a refugee couple on their honeymoon.

12. Where do Samaiya and her family move to in Part IV?
(a) Richin.
(b) Athens.
(c) Calais.
(d) Kara Tepe.

13. Who does Mina think Mazen's son looks most like?
(a) Their father.
(b) Her.
(c) Their brother Firas.
(d) Mazen.

14. What kind of medication does Mina frequently give to the patients in Part IV?
(a) Tranquilizers.
(b) Fibrilators.
(c) NSAIDs.
(d) Linase Inhibitors.

15. What city does an alleged coordinated sexual assault take place on New Year's Eve in Part IV?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Cologne.
(c) London.
(d) Homs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman in Part IV from Deir ez-Zor tell Mazen?

2. What does Mina's mother say to her after the car accident?

3. Who does Rasheed help immigrate to Europe in the chapter titled "But How Butch Are You"?

4. Who does Mina wait for in the hotel in the chapter titled "How to Rob an Armenian Jewelry Store"?

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

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