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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 does the old woman in Part IV from Deir ez-Zor tell Mazen?
(a) He seems friendly.
(b) He seems stupid.
(c) He seems kind.
(d) He seems smart.

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

3. Which mythical figure flew too close to the sun and ended up dying?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Winlet.
(c) Fios.
(d) Zeus.

4. How is Pete Jones injured in war?
(a) He loses three fingers on his right hand.
(b) He loses an arm.
(c) He loses an eye.
(d) He loses part of one leg.

5. What anomaly does Mina observe in the tent of the refugee camp at Sumaiya's bedside table in Part IV?
(a) A lamp shaped like the Eiffel Tower.
(b) A glass menagerie.
(c) A box of fine chocolates.
(d) A stained glass window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which U.S. president gave a speech Mina disliked in Part IV?

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

3. When does Mazen send Mina the first picture to try to repair their rift?

4. Where does Pete Jones fight for the U.S. Army?

5. How does Mina meet Pete Jones?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Sammy and Sumaiya like?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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