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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Nuri fall asleep routinely in Part II?
(a) The living room couch.
(b) The garden of the B and B.
(c) The road.
(d) The basement.

2. 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) Bee balm.
(c) Camel wee.
(d) Socks.

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

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

5. What happens to Nuri's and Mustafa's hives in Part I?
(a) They are stolen.
(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) Vandals destroy them.

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

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

8. What was the color of the city of Aleppo as Nuri remembers it?
(a) Blue.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Red.
(d) Silver.

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

10. What do the people in one village in Turkey bring for the refugees as they pass?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Money.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Blankets and food.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nuri first meet Aya?

2. What finally makes Afra decide to agree to leave Syria?

3. In Part I, who is Nuri amazed to see in the garden of the bed and breakfast?

4. Who in Mustafa's family left Syria when the trouble first started?

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

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