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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 68 - 128).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Diomande's favorite food that he tells Nuri his mother used to make?
(a) Kedjenou.
(b) Rice and beans.
(c) Stew.
(d) Cakes and cookies.

2. Why does the doctor refuse to see Nuri in Part II?
(a) He is not sick.
(b) He is not British.
(c) He does not have the right paperwork.
(d) He can not pay the fee.

3. Which university does Mustafa work at in Part I?
(a) The University of Aleppo.
(b) Homs University.
(c) Damascus University.
(d) The University of Jerusalem.

4. What is the name of the English social worker who helps Nuri and Afra?
(a) Mary Worthington.
(b) Norah Brown.
(c) Lucy Fisher.
(d) Margaret Hemley.

5. What river did Afra once paint that Nuri wishes he could see the painting of again?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Queiq.
(c) The Mississippi.
(d) The Nile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nuri tell Mohammed he would like to have as they wait for the journey across the sea to begin that makes the boy laugh?

2. What finally makes Afra decide to agree to leave Syria?

3. In Part II, where is Mustafa at a camp that is near a factory?

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

5. What was the color of the city of Aleppo as Nuri remembers it?

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