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

2. Where did Mina and Mazen first meet after her estrangement from the family?
(a) Venice.
(b) Wales.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Berlin.

3. Who translates for her mother in Part I?
(a) Rezi.
(b) Hoya.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Asma.

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

5. Why did both Mina and the writer leave home at first?
(a) To get an education.
(b) To follow a lover.
(c) Because of war.
(d) To make their parents happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emma see the writer talking to, as she tells it to Mina in Part I?

2. Where does Rania Kassem go after leaving the camp?

3. What does one woman decorate her pantry with who the writer speaks with?

4. What does Mina's GPS sound like?

5. Where did Mina's father often hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mina remember her mother spending a lot of extra money on when she was a child?

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

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

4. Why does Francine not like Emma?

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

6. In "You, the Nervous Wreck," what does Mina say is the influence of the writer's work on her decisions?

7. In "You Made Me Do It," who encourages Mina to write about her experiences and why?

8. Who did Mina worship as a young child and try to model herself after?

9. What is one of Emma's most defining characteristics, according to Mina?

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

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