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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 Rania Kassem do for a living?
(a) Professor.
(b) Ornithologist.
(c) Opthamologist.
(d) Chef.

2. What skill does Mina have that makes her particularly valuable in dealing with refugees?
(a) She can cook very well.
(b) She is good at calming people down.
(c) She can count money.
(d) She speaks Arabic.

3. What does the unnamed writer say heels are for him?
(a) Liberation.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Oppression.

4. How did Mina think her mother felt about her father?
(a) She was indifferent to him.
(b) She worshiped him.
(c) She disliked him.
(d) She tolerated him.

5. Where did Mina's father used to take the family on trips to?
(a) Deir ez-Zor.
(b) Baath.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Homs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the writer produce essays about in 2012 and 2013?

2. What does Asma want to be when she grows up?

3. Who is Emma romantically partnered with in Part I?

4. Who is Mina's brother that she will be seeing soon in Part I?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Here Comes the Boat," what is Mina surprised to hear about some of the young volunteers?

4. Why does Francine not like Emma?

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

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

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

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

9. In "How to Become a Westerner," how does Rania Kassem find herself again?

10. Why has Emma asked Mina to come help on Lesbos?

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