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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. In Part IV, who is the only one in Sumaiya's family that Mina tells the truth about Mina's condition to?
(a) Huma.
(b) Asma.
(c) Mazen.
(d) Riki.

2. Where does Pete Jones fight for the U.S. Army?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Russia.
(d) The Congo.

3. What is Morty's full name?
(a) Mortonson James.
(b) Morton Henry.
(c) Fabrila Mortonson.
(d) Mortadda Mohammad Abdullah.

4. What is a favorite "surgeon" joke of Mina's?
(a) Her scalpel skills are better than her writing skills.
(b) Laughing gas is very funny.
(c) The knife is mightier than the pen.
(d) No one would dare insult her because they knew she would cut them up.

5. Who comes to the house asking about the unique feature one day that the family treats with welcome?
(a) An Israeli soldier.
(b) A priest.
(c) A druid.
(d) A rabbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rasheed coach the person or people he helps immigrate to Europe to imitate?

2. Who does Mina tell Asma she has lost and mourned?

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

4. What does Mina want to try to convince Sumaiya to let her do early in Part III?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens in Cologne on New Year's Eve that impacts Europe's attitudes towards refugees?

7. What can Mina not help thinking about women from Deir-ez-Zor?

8. Why does Sammy tell the journalists they finally left Syria?

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

10. Why does Mina want to buy a Jaguar in her midlife?

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