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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 children are waiting for them there.
(c) They are trying to get to where Mustafa has settled.
(d) Their parents are there.

2. What is the name of Afra's and Nuri's son?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Sami.
(c) John.
(d) Firas.

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

4. What color is Afra's hair in Chapter 1?
(a) The color of flames.
(b) The color of coal.
(c) The color of sand.
(d) The color of honey.

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

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

7. What do the two men at the checkpoint in Aleppo try to force Nuri to take from them?
(a) A camera.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Money.
(d) A gun.

8. 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.

9. What mistake do the kings in Nuri's story to Mohammed in Part II make?
(a) They were too focused on horses.
(b) They were not concerned enough with feeding their citizens.
(c) They were too focused on romance.
(d) They were too concerned with riches and left their kingdom devoid of life.

10. Where does Nuri fall asleep routinely in Part II?
(a) The living room couch.
(b) The garden of the B and B.
(c) The road.
(d) The basement.

11. What color are Mohammed's eyes?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Grey.
(d) Brown.

12. Who finds Firas's body?
(a) Aya.
(b) Dahab.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Nuri.

13. In Chapter 5, why does Nuri hate to see that Afra still seems to love him?
(a) He can not forgive her for her negligence which he feels contributed to their son's death.
(b) He does not love her any longer.
(c) He has been having an affair and wants to leave her.
(d) He does not feel worthy of her or her forgiveness.

14. Who does Afra implore Nuri to contact in Part I when they reach the United Kingdom?
(a) Dahab.
(b) Her own father.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Lucy Fisher.

15. Who in Mustafa's family left Syria when the trouble first started?
(a) Firas and Aya.
(b) Dahab and Aya.
(c) Dahab.
(d) Aya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mustafa's daughter?

2. Where do Afra and Nuri set up a stall at the market on Sundays to sell Afra's art?

3. Where does Mohammed tell Nuri to look for the key he says he needs?

4. What does Mustafa thinks Firas spends too much time doing?

5. What does the smuggler tell everyone on the boat to Greece to do?

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