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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. Which nationality is the interpreter who works with Sammy and Sumaiya in Part III?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Lebanese.
(c) American.
(d) Spanish.

2. What do the journalists say that makes Mazen really lose his temper?
(a) Sammy never really had to leave his home country.
(b) Not all refugees really love their daughters.
(c) Refugees can find other ways to make money besides sex work.
(d) Mazen looks dirty.

3. What event changes the way Muslims and Middle Easterners are seen and treated in America according to Mina in Part IV?
(a) The Indonesian War.
(b) The 9/11 attacks.
(c) The Indian Ocean tsunami.
(d) The Franco-Russian War.

4. Who is one of the first refugees the unnamed writer interviews in Beirut in Part IV?
(a) Hamza.
(b) Mazen.
(c) Riki.
(d) Miriam.

5. Who learns to adapt mannerisms and behavior to appear less threatening to American authorities in Part IV?
(a) Hari.
(b) Mina.
(c) Emma.
(d) The unnamed writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Morty's full name?

2. What was one of the unnamed writer's favorite books from his youth?

3. Who talks to Sumaiya and Sammy that Mazen does not like in the chapter "Avoid Getting Liver Cancer if you Can"?

4. What city does an alleged coordinated sexual assault take place on New Year's Eve in Part IV?

5. Who does Rasheed help immigrate to Europe in the chapter titled "But How Butch Are You"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What incidents does the writer compare to the myth of Icarus?

10. What does Mina really think of the man who says he worked for a jewler?

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