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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 Francine once do with people on the street who ask for money in Chicago?
(a) Buys them a plane ticket.
(b) Brings them to the library.
(c) Asks them to stay at her apartment.
(d) Gives them money for college.

2. In Part II, where does Mina see the unnamed writer?
(a) Rome.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Moria.
(d) Berlin.

3. What does Francine say about women like Mina's mother in Part II?
(a) They are to be pitied.
(b) They should not have children.
(c) They are there to support men.
(d) They are ahead of their time.

4. Who is one of Mina's brothers?
(a) Sam.
(b) Firas.
(c) Razul.
(d) Henry.

5. What does Mina do for a living?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a friend of Rania Kassem's insist she leave the camp in the end of the section titled "How to Become a Westerner"?

2. How does Mina meet Jennifer?

3. What does Mina remember calling her mother at the height of her rage in Part II?

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

5. Where was Mina born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Mina and Asma have a special affinity?

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

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

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

7. What does the writer write about in "How to Make Liberace Jealous"?

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

9. In what way does Mina remember her mother loving herself and her siblings?

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

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