View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Mohammed play with in the garden of the B and B in Part II?
(a) A bird.
(b) A worm.
(c) An ant.
(d) A salamander.

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

7. 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 has been having an affair and wants to leave her.
(c) He does not feel worthy of her or her forgiveness.
(d) He does not love her any longer.

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

9. What do Diomande and Hazim play in the B and B in the evening in Part II?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Poker.
(c) Hangman, using English words.
(d) Uno.

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

11. Who falls off the boat in Part II whom Nuri goes into the water after?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) Dahab.
(c) Aya.
(d) Afra.

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

13. What does Nuri say he loves most about Afra in Part I?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her smell.
(c) Her hands.
(d) Her laugh.

14. What happens to Nuri's and Mustafa's hives in Part I?
(a) Vandals destroy them.
(b) They are ruined by predators.
(c) Nuri and Mustafa ask a friend to look after them and the bees all die due to neglect.
(d) They are stolen.

15. Where do all meetings with the social worker take place?
(a) In the gymnasium.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the bedroom.
(d) In the courtyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Afra's and Nuri's son?

2. Why does it take Mustafa so long to leave Syria?

3. What does Mohammed call Nuri?

4. What was the color of the city of Aleppo as Nuri remembers it?

5. In Chapter 1, where does Afra have sharp pain?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 506 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample