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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What annoys the man from Morocco about others' toilet habits?
(a) The men stand up to urinate.
(b) Everyone locks the door.
(c) No one flushes.
(d) Everyone flushes after once use and wastes water.

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

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

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

8. What does Mohammed call Nuri?
(a) Uncle Nuri.
(b) Sir.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Father.

9. How does Nuri first meet Aya?
(a) At college.
(b) Through Mustafa.
(c) At his cousin Ibrahim's eldest son's wedding.
(d) At work.

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

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

12. What is the name of the island Nuri and Afra initially land on after leaving Turkey on a boat?
(a) Mile Island.
(b) Biscuit Island.
(c) Romer Island.
(d) Lesbos Island.

13. What does Mustafa say was the cause of Firas's death?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A bomb.
(d) This broken world.

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) England.
(d) Italy.

15. In Part I, who is Nuri amazed to see in the garden of the bed and breakfast?
(a) Dahab.
(b) Sami.
(c) Afra.
(d) Mohammed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the head covering Afra always wears?

2. Who does Nuri ask for help in getting the right papers for his doctor's visit?

3. Where does Nuri first meet Mohammed?

4. Why does Elias ultimately decide not to take the journey across the sea with Nuri?

5. What does Nuri say he loves most about Afra in Part I?

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