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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. Who did Mina try to "steal a bath" from when she was a child?
(a) Aida.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Mazen.
(d) Firas.

2. Where does the stranger in the chapter "How to Rob an Armenian Jewelry Store" say he is originally from?
(a) Syria.
(b) Spain.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Greece.

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

4. What does Rasheed bring to share with Mina and Asma in the very beginning of Part I?
(a) Chocolate chip cookies.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shipping container does Mina meet patients in in Part IV?

2. What request does Asma make to Mina regarding their correspondence in Part IV?

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

4. What event increases anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe that the narrator notes in the chapter "Every Country Gets the Refugees it Deserves"?

5. What happens to Morty in the chapter titled "A Terrorist by Any Other Name is Still a Terrorist"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happened to Linda Abdullah's father at the end of his life?

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

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

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