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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 67).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Nuri and Afra wait for a smuggler to take them out of Aleppo and into Turkey in Part I?
(a) The old farmer's market.
(b) Bab al-Faraj.
(c) The old souq.
(d) The mosque.

2. What was the color of the city of Aleppo as Nuri remembers it?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Silver.

3. Who does Afra implore Nuri to contact in Part I when they reach the United Kingdom?
(a) Her own father.
(b) Dahab.
(c) Lucy Fisher.
(d) Mustafa.

4. Which of the following did Nuri feed the bees in his colony?
(a) Royal jelly.
(b) Elderberry.
(c) Bee balm.
(d) Ambrosia.

5. What happens to Nuri's and Mustafa's hives in Part I?
(a) They are ruined by predators.
(b) They are stolen.
(c) Vandals destroy them.
(d) Nuri and Mustafa ask a friend to look after them and the bees all die due to neglect.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Nuri remember he and Afra doing every Saturday?

2. What is Nuri scared of in Chapter 1?

3. What did Afra miss so much when she first came to live with Nuri after they were married?

4. In Part I, who is Nuri amazed to see in the garden of the bed and breakfast?

5. Why does it take Mustafa so long to leave Syria?

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