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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. Where does Mina travel to help refugees in Part I?
(a) Poland.
(b) America.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) France.

2. How does Mina think the writer's family feels about him?
(a) The despise him.
(b) They are indifferent to him.
(c) They adore him.
(d) He has no family left.

3. Who calls the unnamed writer "sister"?
(a) Celso.
(b) Helen.
(c) Mira.
(d) Mina.

4. What does Mina suspect is wrong with Sumaiya as soon as she sees her in Part I?
(a) Terminal cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Flu.
(d) Lupus.

5. Who asks Mina to come work with refugees in Part I?
(a) Francine.
(b) Winnie.
(c) Harper.
(d) Emma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country became home to the largest number of Syrian refugees?

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

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

4. Who led the charge to cut Mina out of the family, according to Mina?

5. When does Rania Kassem finally begin to find herself again after losing her way?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Francine not like Emma?

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

5. In "Here Comes the Boat," why is Mina so concerned about Sumaiya?

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

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

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

9. Why is Mina's being a woman significant in her work as a doctor with the refugees?

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

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