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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 upsets Sumaiya about the journalists' questions?
(a) They only ask Sammy questions.
(b) They ask her questions about her children.
(c) They ask her questions that are too personal.
(d) They ask her questions about her job.

2. What does Mazen say about Mina's driving skills in Part III?
(a) He says he is surprised she ever learned to drive.
(b) He says whoever taught her to drive must be a genius, because it was him.
(c) He says she is a terrible driver.
(d) He says she is a competent driver.

3. Where was a famous burial site in Iraq Mina references in Part IV?
(a) The Cave of Shanidar.
(b) The Valley of Riki.
(c) The Plain of Shani.
(d) The Reef of Ili.

4. What does the NGO frequently give to families in the refugee camp?
(a) Ferry tickets.
(b) Money.
(c) Houses.
(d) Gift boxes.

5. Who does Rasheed help immigrate to Europe in the chapter titled "But How Butch Are You"?
(a) A gay male couple from Iraq.
(b) Mazen.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Sumaiya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Emma ask the two journalists to leave in Part III?

2. Where do Samaiya and her family move to in Part IV?

3. Who does Mina think Mazen's son looks most like?

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

5. What kind of plant does Lubna encourage Mina to buy in Chicago?

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

3. What is the jewel in the dream house the writer's father built in Lebanon?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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