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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Asma want to be when she grows up?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A translator.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A chef.

2. What does Mina buy some children in Part II?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Chocolate bars.
(d) Ham sandwiches.

3. Where did Mina's mother come to as a young country girl in Part II?
(a) Lesbos.
(b) Beirut.
(c) Berlin.
(d) New York.

4. Who is one of Mina's heroes as a child?
(a) Mrs. Peele.
(b) Jane Fonda.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Lady Gaga.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mina and Mazen first meet after her estrangement from the family?

2. What classification of his work does the unnamed writer say embarrasses him?

3. What was Mina's birth name?

4. What group of volunteers is one of the most effective on the island in Part I?

5. Who accompanies Mina and Jennifer on their trip to Indonesia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mina buy for the children in "The Little Rascals Go to Camp" and how does this turn out?

2. What does "GoFundMeJeff" do that becomes a symbol for being a scoundrel?

3. What was the writer's first experience in drag?

4. In "Here Comes the Boat," why does Mina think the old woman is so mean to her adult son?

5. Whose betrayal hurt Mina more than that of her parents?

6. Who is Mina meeting from her family in Lesbos and why is this significant?

7. Who was the only person Mina ever talked about her family with and why?

8. Why is Mina estranged from her parents and siblings except for Mazen?

9. In "I Missed You By This Much," what does Mina say about the writer?

10. In "Doctors in Drag," why does the family ask Mina if she is a man?

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