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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nuri waiting for to take Afra to the doctor in Chapter 1?
(a) To be paid.
(b) To find the right kind of doctor.
(c) The right paperwork.
(d) To find the right subway system to get there.

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

3. Who does Nuri ask for help in getting the right papers for his doctor's visit?
(a) Lucy Fisher.
(b) Aya.
(c) Dahab.
(d) Mustafa.

4. What does the smuggler tell everyone on the boat to Greece to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Turn off all phones and flashlights and make no noise.
(c) Pray.
(d) Wear many layers of clothing.

5. 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) The wind will change.
(d) They will see lights.

6. What did Mustafa once tell Nuri the bee pheromones smell like?
(a) Vanilla.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Rice.
(d) Almond.

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

8. What is Diomande's favorite food that he tells Nuri his mother used to make?
(a) Kedjenou.
(b) Stew.
(c) Rice and beans.
(d) Cakes and cookies.

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

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

11. What does Mustafa thinks Firas spends too much time doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Playing sports.
(c) Talking to his friends.
(d) Playing on his phone.

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

13. What does Nuri find in the garden of the bed and breakfast in Part I?
(a) A colony of ants.
(b) A salamander.
(c) A bumblebee with no wings.
(d) A stray cat.

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

15. 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?
(a) Slug slime.
(b) Camel wee.
(c) Bee balm.
(d) Socks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the English social worker who helps Nuri and Afra?

3. What annoys the man from Morocco about others' toilet habits?

4. What color is Afra's hair in Chapter 1?

5. Who is Mustafa married to?

(see the answer keys)

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