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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Nuri and Afra go for their asylum interview?
(a) Worthington.
(b) Blackheath.
(c) Croydon.
(d) Milton Keynes.

2. In Athens, what does Nuri think is a gun or bomb flash when he first arrives with Afra?
(a) A camera flash.
(b) A firework.
(c) The light from a phone.
(d) A light bulb bursting.

3. On Leros, what good news does Mustafa share with Nuri in an email?
(a) He has been granted asylum in Germany.
(b) He has decided to go back home because the fighting has stopped.
(c) He has been given some money to start new beehives.
(d) He has made it to England.

4. How does Nuri get Mohammed through the screenings in Greece?
(a) He keeps Mohammed under his coat.
(b) He uses Sami's passport for Mohammed.
(c) He tells the authorities Mohammed is his cousin.
(d) He helps Mohammed sneak through a fence.

5. What food does Nuri find and cook for hemself and Afra in Part III in Leros?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A sea bass.
(c) A whole octopus.
(d) A side of lamb.

6. Who does Nuri meet in the camp at Athens who has leaking breasts and seems confused?
(a) Dahab.
(b) Rona.
(c) Angeliki.
(d) Aya.

7. What does Mustafa say he will tell Nuri about when he finally sees him in England?
(a) His inheritance.
(b) His horrible journey through France.
(c) His new business.
(d) How he found his son.

8. How does Afra tell the doctor she became blind?
(a) From a bomb.
(b) From a disease.
(c) From a car accident.
(d) From looking at the sun too long.

9. What does Nuri ask the doctor for?
(a) A set of weights for exercise.
(b) Some painkillers.
(c) A new glasses prescription.
(d) Some sleeping tablets.

10. What does Nuri see Nadim doing in the woods?
(a) Cutting himself.
(b) Killing a young boy.
(c) Beating a woman.
(d) Killing a lamb.

11. What does Afra do after telling the doctor the story of how Sami died?
(a) Faints.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Goes to sleep.
(d) Cries uncontrollably.

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

13. What insects' sounds does Nuri remember hearing in Athens?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Cicadas.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Carpenter ants.

14. In Leros, what times are the gates to the refugee area locked at night?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

15. What does Nuri notice Afra playing with on Leros?
(a) Mohammed's marble with the red vein.
(b) Mohammed's bandanna.
(c) Sami's lego.
(d) Sami's toy truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Afra say is the last thing she saw before becoming blind?

2. Which group banned Coca-Cola in Syria?

3. What is the name of the baby in the camp at Athens who finally starts nursing from her mother?

4. What does Nuri do when he wakes up in Leros and finds Mohammed gone?

5. What does Hazim tell Diomande about his asylum interview?

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