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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Afra say about her night of dreams?
(a) She had a night of no dreams.
(b) She dreamed the same dream repeatedly in one night.
(c) She had a night of broken dreams.
(d) She had a night of lovely dreams.

2. What is the name of a collective of bee hives and colonies?
(a) Buzzeries.
(b) Greenhouses.
(c) Apiaries.
(d) Balmeries.

3. What is Nuri scared of in Chapter 1?
(a) Going broke.
(b) Snakes.
(c) His wife's eyes.
(d) Drowning.

4. Where do Afra and Nuri stay when they first arrive in England?
(a) With a friend.
(b) A bed and breakfast.
(c) With a family member.
(d) A homeless shelter.

5. Why do Nuri and Afra keep going on their journey from Syria until they reach the United Kingdom?
(a) They want to reach their religious friends there.
(b) Their parents are there.
(c) Their children are waiting for them there.
(d) They are trying to get to where Mustafa has settled.

6. Why does Elias ultimately decide not to take the journey across the sea with Nuri?
(a) He says he can not afford the fee.
(b) He says he can not leave his wife.
(c) He says he is tired and has already traveled too far.
(d) He says he is too sick.

7. Who is Afra's great-uncle that she remembers fondly in Part II?
(a) Dahab.
(b) Nobu.
(c) Khamid.
(d) Mustafa.

8. What finally makes Afra decide to agree to leave Syria?
(a) Her mother is killed in a bombing.
(b) Their house is destroyed.
(c) They run out of money.
(d) Soldiers ransack their house.

9. How old was Mustafa when his mother died?
(a) 34.
(b) 5.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

10. What is the name of the old Moroccan man at the B and B?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Dahab.
(c) Roman.
(d) Hazim.

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

12. Where does Mohammed tell Nuri to look for the key he says he needs?
(a) The other garden.
(b) The refrigerator at the B and B.
(c) Afra's handbag.
(d) His locked drawer in his bedroom.

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

14. In Part II, where does Mustafa say he has been fingerprinted and scanned as he waits to make his next travel plan?
(a) Greece.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

15. In Chapter 1, where does Afra have sharp pain?
(a) Her stomach.
(b) Her ears.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her legs.

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

3. Who falls off the boat in Part II whom Nuri goes into the water after?

4. What does Mustafa say was the cause of Firas's death?

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

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