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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nuri get at the old asylum building in Part III?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothes for Afra and Mohammed.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Musical instruments.

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

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

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

5. 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 twin boys who had just arrived in the camp together.
(b) The six young mothers who arrived together from Afghanistan.
(c) The young mother with the baby.
(d) The three sisters who had just arrived in the camp togther.

6. What does Mohammed ask Nuri to get for him to eat in Leros?
(a) Chocolate spread.
(b) Corn.
(c) Beef.
(d) Fish.

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

8. What does Nuri suspect the man who plays the instrument in Athens of doing in Part III?
(a) Killing the kids in the camp.
(b) Stealing money from everyone.
(c) Trying to sabotage everyone's efforts at being granted asylum.
(d) Exploiting the young and vulnerable.

9. What did Nadim give the twin boys when they first arrived in the camp?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

10. Why does Nuri decide not to tell Afra they have been granted clearance to travel to Athens in Part III?
(a) Because he is afraid of making the sea crossing again.
(b) Because Mohammed is lost and he does not want to leave Leros without Mohammed.
(c) Because he fears Afra is not well enough to travel.
(d) Because he fears he will not be able to contact Mustafa from Athens.

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

12. In Chapter 9, what does Nuri think he hears someone calling in Arabic?
(a) Take this!
(b) Watch out!
(c) Help!
(d) Over here!

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

14. What story does Angeliki tell Nuri about Odysseus in Part IV?
(a) How Odysseus killed the Minotaur.
(b) How Odysseus charted the constellations.
(c) How Odysseus was killed by Trygon's tail.
(d) How Odysseus had his men tie him to the ship's mast to resist the sirens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wraps Nuri's wound in Part IV?

2. What does Mustafa's April email to Nuri bring good news of?

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

4. What has Afra lost on the boat journey from Turkey?

5. What does Nuri discover about the rules for aid workers' interactions with refugees?

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