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

2. What list does the unnamed writer keep on his person for a while in Part III?
(a) A list of books he likes.
(b) A list of friends he has lost.
(c) A list of groceries.
(d) A list of people who died in falls from planes.

3. What kind of car does Mina end up buying in Part III?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Maserati.
(c) Ford pickup.
(d) Volvo.

4. What kind of mess does Mina think that Lesbos is when she arrives?
(a) A supernatural one.
(b) A somewhat humane one.
(c) A man-made one.
(d) A manageable one.

5. 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 Franco-Russian War.
(c) The 9/11 attacks.
(d) The Indian Ocean tsunami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sammy say happened to him in jail in Syria?

2. What upsets Sumaiya about the journalists' questions?

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

4. Why does Mazen give up his hotel room in Part IV?

5. Where does Pete Jones eventually do some service work after he is discharged from the army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What particular topic does Mina remember Francine having written about in 2009?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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