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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one woman Mina examines complain of in Part IV that Mina can find no cause for?
(a) Her hand hurting.
(b) Her tongue and words feeling heavy.
(c) Her eyes clouding over.
(d) Her hair falling out.

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

3. What kind of car does Mina end up buying in Part III?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Volvo.
(c) Maserati.
(d) Ford pickup.

4. What do the journalists say that makes Mazen really lose his temper?
(a) Refugees can find other ways to make money besides sex work.
(b) Mazen looks dirty.
(c) Sammy never really had to leave his home country.
(d) Not all refugees really love their daughters.

5. Where does Pete Jones fight for the U.S. Army?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Russia.
(c) The Congo.
(d) Sicily.

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

7. Who is one of the first refugees the unnamed writer interviews in Beirut in Part IV?
(a) Hamza.
(b) Mazen.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Riki.

8. In Part IV, who is the only one in Sumaiya's family that Mina tells the truth about Mina's condition to?
(a) Asma.
(b) Huma.
(c) Riki.
(d) Mazen.

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

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

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

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

13. Where was a famous burial site in Iraq Mina references in Part IV?
(a) The Cave of Shanidar.
(b) The Plain of Shani.
(c) The Reef of Ili.
(d) The Valley of Riki.

14. What event changes the way Muslims and Middle Easterners are seen and treated in America according to Mina in Part IV?
(a) The Indian Ocean tsunami.
(b) The Indonesian War.
(c) The Franco-Russian War.
(d) The 9/11 attacks.

15. What do Mazen and Mina use as children to form their blood pact?
(a) A knife.
(b) An axe.
(c) A pin from a thistle flower.
(d) A fork.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mazen do when Mina's mother reacts badly in the chapter titled "How Not to Treat Your Child After an Accident"?

2. How is Pete Jones injured in war?

3. What topic does Mina note that Francine once wrote a paper about in Part III?

4. When does Mazen send Mina the first picture to try to repair their rift?

5. What work does Mazen do?

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