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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mohammed take from the children's center in Leros for Afra?
(a) Paints.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Colored pencils and paper.
(d) Pajamas.

2. How do the other men in the camp justify killing Nadim?
(a) They say he is evil and he deserved to die.
(b) They say he would have killed them first.
(c) They say he was sick anyway.
(d) They say he owed them all money.

3. What organizations were well-prepared on the Greek island Nuri and Afra arrive on in Part III?
(a) Banks.
(b) The retail associations.
(c) The governmental offices.
(d) NGOs.

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

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

6. What does the aid worker tell Nuri the island of Leros was once used for?
(a) A prisoner of war camp.
(b) A zoo.
(c) An artists' colony.
(d) A leper colony.

7. 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 nurse from Ghana in the camp.
(c) A doctor from Syria in the camp.
(d) A doctor from Somalia in the camp.

8. What does Nuri hit Nadim with in Part IV?
(a) A metal shovel.
(b) A wooden board.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A gun.

9. When does the doctor ask Nuri to come see him again?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

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

11. Which group banned Coca-Cola in Syria?
(a) The FOB.
(b) The Taliban.
(c) Daesh.
(d) ISIS.

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

13. What does Nuri do when he wakes up in Leros and finds Mohammed gone?
(a) Goes to the old asylum building to ask people if they have seen him.
(b) Asks for a boat to go look for Mohammed.
(c) Finds a police officer and reports the boy missing.
(d) Wakes up Afra and asks her to help him look for her.

14. What does Nuri's father say when Nuri tells him he does not want to work in his shop?
(a) As long as you are happy, that is fine with me.
(b) I never want to see you again.
(c) The shop will die with me.
(d) You are not my son.

15. What does Nuri mistake for planes in the sky when talking to Lucy Fisher in Part III?
(a) Satellites.
(b) Birds.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the asylum interviewer ask if Nuri has ever worked with?

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

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

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

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

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