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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. How many marines are killed in Beirut in the 1980s?
(a) 67.
(b) 800.
(c) 241.
(d) 123.
2. Who does Mina tell Asma she has lost and mourned?
(a) Her own father.
(b) Her wife.
(c) Her child.
(d) Her brother.
3. What kind of car does Mina end up buying in Part III?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Ford pickup.
(c) Volvo.
(d) Maserati.
4. Who does Rasheed coach the person or people he helps immigrate to Europe to imitate?
(a) Sting.
(b) Oprah.
(c) Bono.
(d) Beyonce.
5. How is Pete Jones injured in war?
(a) He loses an arm.
(b) He loses three fingers on his right hand.
(c) He loses an eye.
(d) He loses part of one leg.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Sammy say happened to him in jail in Syria?
2. What does Mina realize some people apply to their children's eyes to try to ward off conjunctivitis?
3. What does one woman Mina examines complain of in Part IV that Mina can find no cause for?
4. What request does Asma make to Mina regarding their correspondence in Part IV?
5. What eventually destroys the writer's father's dream house?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what does Mina realize about the economic situations of the refugees she sees in the camps?
2. What is the relationship between Sammy and Sumaiya like?
3. Why does Mina want to buy a Jaguar in her midlife?
4. What does the scent of cardamom mean to Mina and the writer?
5. Why does Sammy tell the journalists they finally left Syria?
6. Who is Sumaiya most worried about in her family for after she dies?
7. What incidents does the writer compare to the myth of Icarus?
8. What personal story of loss does Mina share with Asma in Part IV?
9. What does Rasheed say Mina should wear so the women in the refugee camp will trust her more?
10. What does Mina think of George W. Bush's post-9/11 speech?
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