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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nuri do briefly for work while he waits in Turkey?
(a) Clean houses.
(b) Wash cars.
(c) Cook in a restaurant.
(d) Pick fruit.

3. Why does the doctor refuse to see Nuri in Part II?
(a) He does not have the right paperwork.
(b) He is not British.
(c) He can not pay the fee.
(d) He is not sick.

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

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

6. Which of the following did Nuri feed the bees in his colony?
(a) Royal jelly.
(b) Bee balm.
(c) Elderberry.
(d) Ambrosia.

7. What does Nuri think it is difficult getting used to in this foreign country, the United Kingdom?
(a) British newspapers.
(b) British manners.
(c) British television.
(d) British clothes.

8. In Chapter 1, what does Nuri remember he and Afra doing every Saturday?
(a) Going to Mustafa's for dinner.
(b) Going to visit Afra's parents.
(c) Going to the seaside.
(d) Going to visit his parents.

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

10. Where do Afra and Nuri set up a stall at the market on Sundays to sell Afra's art?
(a) Right next to the riverbank.
(b) Opposite Mariq, who sells jewelry/
(c) Just opposite Hamid, who sells tea.
(d) Under the turquoise awning.

11. Who does Mohammed tell Nuri he saw in his vision when he was in the water?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandmother.

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

13. What did Afra miss so much when she first came to live with Nuri after they were married?
(a) Having enough money.
(b) The sea.
(c) The desert.
(d) Having good food.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nuri waiting for to take Afra to the doctor in Chapter 1?

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

3. In Part II, where does Mustafa say he has been fingerprinted and scanned as he waits to make his next travel plan?

4. Who finds Firas's body?

5. What does Mohammed call Nuri?

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