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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the new resident at the B and B wear that the Moroccan man thinks is strange?
(a) A swimsuit.
(b) A nightgown.
(c) A business suit.
(d) A tracksuit.

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

3. What does Mustafa leave for Nuri at his house before he leaves Syria?
(a) A packet of money.
(b) A photo of the two of them along with a note.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Instructions for caring for the bees.

4. What is Mohammed most worried about when Nuri meets him?
(a) Having to live in America.
(b) Falling into the sea and drowning when they cross.
(c) Being separated from his brother.
(d) Never seeing his mother again.

5. Where in Syria is Nuri from?
(a) Western Aleppo.
(b) Eastern Aleppo.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Homs.

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

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

8. In Part II, where is Mustafa at a camp that is near a factory?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Croatia.
(d) Serbia.

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

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

11. What does Nuri think he sees on Diomande's back?
(a) Small wings.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Bites.
(d) Scars.

12. What does Nuri think he hears as he waits in the doctor's office in Part II?
(a) A baby crying.
(b) Sami calling for him.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Afra calling for him.

13. Who is Mustafa married to?
(a) Nadia.
(b) Dahab.
(c) Rona.
(d) Aya.

14. How old was Firas in Part I?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hazim buy for Nuri that he thinks Nuri will appreciate?

2. What happens to Nuri's and Mustafa's hives in Part I?

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

4. What does Mohammed tell Nuri happened to him after he fell in the water?

5. What is Nuri scared of in Chapter 1?

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