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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 go back to Syria before the verdict.
(b) Not to blame his wife if they are not granted asylum.
(c) Not to tell his friends about his interview.
(d) Not to lose hope.

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

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

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

5. Who is the man playing the music in the camp in Athens?
(a) Nadim.
(b) Roman.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Marco.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Nuri discover about the rules for aid workers' interactions with refugees?
(a) The aid workers are not supposed to talk with the refugees.
(b) The aid workers are only allowed to see each refugee once.
(c) The aid workers are supposed to try to learn the refugees' language.
(d) The aid workers are supposed to try to find out where the refugees came from.

12. Where does an aid worker tell Nuri to go to try to find a way out of Athens in Part IV?
(a) Copington Square.
(b) Marshall Square.
(c) Trafalgar Square.
(d) Victoria Square.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nuri's father say when Nuri tells him he does not want to work in his shop?

3. What instrument does the man in the camp at Athens play so well?

4. What does Nuri notice Afra playing with on Leros?

5. Which doctor does Nuri take Afra to in Part IV?

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