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

2. What does Mustafa say he will tell Nuri about when he finally sees him in England?
(a) His new business.
(b) His horrible journey through France.
(c) His inheritance.
(d) How he found his son.

3. What does Mohammed tell Nuri happened to him after he fell in the water?
(a) He got very hot.
(b) He saw an angel.
(c) He died a little bit.
(d) He got very cold.

4. What does Mustafa's April email to Nuri bring good news of?
(a) Mustafa has found a way to get everyone back to Syria.
(b) Mustafa has found a sponsor at the university for a new job as a professor.
(c) Mustafa's beehives in England are thriving.
(d) Mustafa has been granted asylum in England.

5. In Athens, what does Nuri think is a gun or bomb flash when he first arrives with Afra?
(a) A camera flash.
(b) A light bulb bursting.
(c) The light from a phone.
(d) A firework.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nuri think Sami would have done for Mohammed if Sami had lived to take the journey with them?

2. In Chapter 1, where does Afra have sharp pain?

3. What does the smuggler ask Nuri to do for him in Part V to pay some of the cost of his and Afra's travel?

4. What does the woman next to Nuri in the hospital tell him about her situation?

5. What does Nuri notice Afra playing with on Leros?

(see the answer key)

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