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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 207 - 269).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mustafa leave for Nuri at his house before he leaves Syria?
(a) A photo of the two of them along with a note.
(b) A packet of money.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Instructions for caring for the bees.

2. How does the smuggler say they will know when they have reached international waters?
(a) They will see boats.
(b) The water will change; it will become foreign.
(c) They will see lights.
(d) The wind will change.

3. What does Nuri discover about the rules for aid workers' interactions with refugees?
(a) The aid workers are supposed to try to find out where the refugees came from.
(b) The aid workers are supposed to try to learn the refugees' language.
(c) The aid workers are only allowed to see each refugee once.
(d) The aid workers are not supposed to talk with the refugees.

4. What does Afra tell the doctor about Nuri?
(a) She thinks his eyesight is deteriorating too.
(b) She thinks he is unwell and can not explain exactly why.
(c) She thinks he is taking too many drugs.
(d) She thinks he needs to eat more meat.

5. What does Nuri think Sami would have done for Mohammed if Sami had lived to take the journey with them?
(a) Shared clothes.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Sung songs and played his guitar.
(d) Shared food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nuri access his emails for the first time on Leros?

2. In Athens, what does Nuri think is a gun or bomb flash when he first arrives with Afra?

3. What does Nuri pick of off a tree in the garden and take inside for Afra?

4. Who does Nuri meet in Turkey that encourages him to try to connect with a smuggler to cross the sea?

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

(see the answer key)

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