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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri after his asylum interview?
(a) Not to tell his friends about his interview.
(b) Not to blame his wife if they are not granted asylum.
(c) Not to lose hope.
(d) Not to go back to Syria before the verdict.

2. What does Mustafa's April email to Nuri bring good news of?
(a) Mustafa has found a sponsor at the university for a new job as a professor.
(b) Mustafa has found a way to get everyone back to Syria.
(c) Mustafa has been granted asylum in England.
(d) Mustafa's beehives in England are thriving.

3. What does the doctor tell Afra he thinks is happening with her eyesight?
(a) He thinks her eyesight will be gone forever.
(b) He thinks her blindness might be psychological, not physical.
(c) He thinks she might be able to see with a certain type of medication.
(d) He thinks she may be able to see in certain types of bright light.

4. Who does the asylum interviewer ask if Nuri has ever worked with?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Daesh.
(c) ISIS.
(d) Mohammed.

5. Why does Angeliki tell Nuri Odysseus made his journey in the famous story?
(a) To find treasure.
(b) To find love.
(c) To find his home again.
(d) To discover a new land.

6. Who helps Nuri take care of his wound in Part IV?
(a) An NGO worker and another volunteer who is a medical worker.
(b) A doctor from Somalia in the camp.
(c) A doctor from Syria in the camp.
(d) A nurse from Ghana in the camp.

7. Who is Nuri particularly worried about in the camp at Athens when he sees the man who plays the instrument with them in Part III?
(a) The three sisters who had just arrived in the camp togther.
(b) The six young mothers who arrived together from Afghanistan.
(c) The young mother with the baby.
(d) The twin boys who had just arrived in the camp together.

8. Where does Nuri tell Mustafa in an email from Leros he hopes he and Afra will be leaving for soon?
(a) Athens.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Callais.
(d) Barcelona.

9. What is the name of the baby in the camp at Athens who finally starts nursing from her mother?
(a) Mahsa.
(b) Kirrine.
(c) Mobita.
(d) Aya.

10. What does Nuri leave for Mohammed when he and Afra leave Leros?
(a) A letter, a passport, and some money.
(b) Mohammed's marble and a letter.
(c) Clothes.
(d) A painting and a letter.

11. In Chapter 9, who keeps Afra company at the B and B?
(a) Dahab from Syria.
(b) Aya from Syria.
(c) Farida from Afghanistan.
(d) Angeliki from Somalia.

12. How does Nuri access his emails for the first time on Leros?
(a) He steals someone's phone.
(b) He borrows an aid worker's phone.
(c) He buys an old laptop.
(d) He goes to an internet cafe.

13. In Part III, what Greek island does Nuri and Afra go to?
(a) Delos.
(b) Kea.
(c) Leros.
(d) Ilos.

14. What does Nadim do to Nuri in Part IV after Nuri sees him in the woods?
(a) Cuts Nuri's wrist badly.
(b) Reports Nuri as a thief.
(c) Stabs Nuri in the side.
(d) Shoots Nuri.

15. What is the name of the place the aid worker directs Nuri in Part IV?
(a) The Hope Center.
(b) The Nearly Center.
(c) The Rilon Center.
(d) The Faith Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street does Nuri look for around Victoria Square in Part IV?

2. How does Afra tell the doctor she became blind?

3. In Leros, what times are the gates to the refugee area locked at night?

4. In Athens, what does Nuri think is a gun or bomb flash when he first arrives with Afra?

5. Where do Nuri and Afra go for their asylum interview?

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