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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 eventually go to college?
(a) Darthmouth.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

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

3. What is one of the first things Mina and the others help Sumaiya and her family do?
(a) Register with the police.
(b) Open a bank account.
(c) Cook food.
(d) Get a hotel.

4. What was Mina's birth name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Firas.
(c) Ayman.
(d) Hazen.

5. What does Francine remind Mina she is in Lesbos to do at the very end of Part II?
(a) Find herself.
(b) Help refugees, not hang out with Emma.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Eat well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mina's GPS sound like?

2. Who translates for her mother in Part I?

3. What kind of rental car does Emma drive in Part II?

4. In Part II, where does Mina see the unnamed writer?

5. What is one young child anxious to show his grandmother in Part I, just after they land onshore?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does "GoFundMeJeff" do that becomes a symbol for being a scoundrel?

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