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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 major reason Sammy says his family had to leave Syria?
(a) He had run out of money.
(b) His 10-year-old daughter was being forced into marriage.
(c) Their house had been bombed.
(d) He had been marked for execution.

2. In Part IV, what does the old woman steal from a young volunteer?
(a) Her entire purse and its contents.
(b) Her car keys.
(c) Her wallet.
(d) Her cell phone.

3. Who did Mina try to "steal a bath" from when she was a child?
(a) Firas.
(b) Aida.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Mazen.

4. What request does Asma make to Mina regarding their correspondence in Part IV?
(a) That she only write to Asma in Arabic.
(b) That she describe her procedures as she would to any doctor.
(c) That she stop writing.
(d) That she write more often.

5. Why does Mazen admit he got so mad at the journalists in Part III?
(a) He is angry all the time lately about everything.
(b) He misses his own daughter terribly.
(c) He wants to work for a newspaper himself.
(d) He hates journalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the journalists say that makes Mazen really lose his temper?

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

3. What kind of car did Mina want to buy?

4. What does Mazen say about Mina's driving skills in Part III?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, what does Mina realize about the economic situations of the refugees she sees in the camps?

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

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

4. Who is Sumaiya most worried about in her family for after she dies?

5. What does Mina know happened to Lesbos and the refugee situation there after she left?

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

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

8. What destroys the writer's family home in Lebanon eventually?

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

10. How did Mazen first begin reestablishing contact with Mina after some years of estrangement?

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