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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. Who is Mina's wife?
(a) Emma.
(b) Francine.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Harper.
2. Where did Mina's father used to take the family on trips to?
(a) Baath.
(b) Deir ez-Zor.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Homs.
3. What happens to Rania Kassem's husband?
(a) He drowns trying to cross into Europe.
(b) He is taken by the Syrian authorities and never returns.
(c) He flees to America.
(d) He joins Daesh.
4. Where does Mina recall meeting the writer unofficially some years earlier?
(a) At a reading in Boystown.
(b) At a dinner in Berlin.
(c) At a service project in Hines.
(d) At a class in Chciago.
5. How does Mina think the writer's family feels about him?
(a) The despise him.
(b) They are indifferent to him.
(c) He has no family left.
(d) They adore him.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mina remember calling her mother at the height of her rage in Part II?
2. Why does Samaiya's family ask if Mina is a man?
3. What does one woman decorate her pantry with who the writer speaks with?
4. Who calls the unnamed writer "sister"?
5. What does Francine remind Mina she is in Lesbos to do at the very end of Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "I Missed You By This Much," what does Mina say about the writer?
2. In "Here Comes the Boat," why is Mina so concerned about Sumaiya?
3. What does Mina buy for the children in "The Little Rascals Go to Camp" and how does this turn out?
4. In "You, the Nervous Wreck," what does Mina say is the influence of the writer's work on her decisions?
5. In what way does Mina remember her mother loving herself and her siblings?
6. What was the writer's first experience in drag?
7. In "Here Comes the Boat," why does Mina think the old woman is so mean to her adult son?
8. What is one of Emma's most defining characteristics, according to Mina?
9. Why is Mina estranged from her parents and siblings except for Mazen?
10. In "Doctors in Drag," why does the family ask Mina if she is a man?
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