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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 was one of the unnamed writer's favorite books from his youth?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) The Borrowers.
(c) The Carpetbagger.
(d) War and Peace.

2. What does Rasheed bring to share with Mina and Asma in the very beginning of Part I?
(a) Tea.
(b) Chocolate chip cookies.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Ice cream.

3. What anomaly does Mina observe in the tent of the refugee camp at Sumaiya's bedside table in Part IV?
(a) A stained glass window.
(b) A glass menagerie.
(c) A box of fine chocolates.
(d) A lamp shaped like the Eiffel Tower.

4. What is one major symptom Sumaiya has that is a clue to her condition that Mina notices?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Jaundice.
(c) Bleeding.
(d) Tremors.

5. What does Mina's mother say to her after the car accident?
(a) She is moving out of the house.
(b) She will take her for ice cream.
(c) Tells Mina it was her fault.
(d) Refuses to go to the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the unnamed writer want to know from Nikolaos about a mass drowning incident his ancestors were involved in?

2. Why does Emma ask the two journalists to leave in Part III?

3. When does Mazen send Mina the first picture to try to repair their rift?

4. What work does Mazen do?

5. What piece of jewelry does Mina not have as a child but end up buying for herself as an adult?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Linda Abdullah's father at the end of his life?

2. How did Rasheed help two Iraqi gay men get settled in Europe?

3. How does Mina's and Mazen's blood pact work?

4. What personal story of loss does Mina share with Asma in Part IV?

5. What does the scent of cardamom mean to Mina and the writer?

6. What affliction does one woman tell Mina she has in Part IV that Mina can find no physical cause for?

7. What does Rasheed say Mina should wear so the women in the refugee camp will trust her more?

8. What does Mina think of George W. Bush's post-9/11 speech?

9. In Part III, how does Mina's mother react after the car accident in her childhood?

10. Why does Mazen get so mad at the western journalists' questioning of Sammy and Samaiya?

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