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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 270 - 313).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nuri access his emails for the first time on Leros?
(a) He buys an old laptop.
(b) He borrows an aid worker's phone.
(c) He goes to an internet cafe.
(d) He steals someone's phone.

2. Who does Nuri meet in Turkey that encourages him to try to connect with a smuggler to cross the sea?
(a) Elias.
(b) Neil.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Dahab.

3. What does Nuri pick of off a tree in the garden and take inside for Afra?
(a) Aphids.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Flowers, but he thinks they are keys.
(d) Bees.

4. What happens to Afra the night before she and Nuri leave Greece?
(a) She falls and breaks her ankle.
(b) She cuts herself badly.
(c) The smuggler rapes her.
(d) She takes too many sleeping pills.

5. What does Nuri do when he sees Diomande sleeping in Part V?
(a) Steal his money.
(b) Pray over him.
(c) Take his watch to have it fixed.
(d) Pull the covers over him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Nuri scared of in Chapter 1?

3. Where do Nuri and Afra wait for a smuggler to take them out of Aleppo and into Turkey in Part I?

4. In Part II, what does one woman waiting to get on the boat in Turkey say is the most dangerous crossing in the world?

5. What does Mohammed play with in the garden of the B and B in Part II?

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