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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What street does Nuri look for around Victoria Square in Part IV?
(a) Valida Street.
(b) Elpidos Street.
(c) Victoria Street.
(d) Bryson Street.

2. Who does Nuri tell the asylum interviewers is the president of Syria?
(a) Hazim al-Abbadi.
(b) Mustafa Rolid.
(c) Nadim Hurzil.
(d) Bashar al-Assad.

3. What does Afra say is the last thing she saw before becoming blind?
(a) Nuri's eyes.
(b) A cat.
(c) Sami's eyes.
(d) Her house.

4. Who is the aid worker who shows Nuri around the family complex at Athens?
(a) Michael.
(b) Marlow.
(c) Rob.
(d) Neil.

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

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

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

8. What is the smuggler's name who introduces Nuri and Afra to the second smuggler who will eventually get them out of the United Kingdom?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Baram.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Nadim.

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

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

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

12. Which doctor does Nuri take Afra to in Part IV?
(a) Dr. Faruk.
(b) Dr. Key.
(c) Dr. Smith-Haynes.
(d) Dr. Moon.

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

14. What is the name of Syria's national anthem?
(a) Guardians of the Homeland.
(b) My Country.
(c) Faithful to the Leader.
(d) All Hail the President.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor tell Afra he thinks is happening with her eyesight?

2. What does Mohammed ask Nuri to get for him to eat in Leros?

3. What does Nuri mistake for planes in the sky when talking to Lucy Fisher in Part III?

4. Who does Nuri meet in the camp at Athens who has leaking breasts and seems confused?

5. What name do the twin boys know Nadim by?

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