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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What finally makes Afra decide to agree to leave Syria?
(a) Their house is destroyed.
(b) Her mother is killed in a bombing.
(c) They run out of money.
(d) Soldiers ransack their house.

2. In Part II, where does Mustafa say he has been fingerprinted and scanned as he waits to make his next travel plan?
(a) Italy.
(b) Greece.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

3. Where do Nuri and Afra wait for a smuggler to take them out of Aleppo and into Turkey in Part I?
(a) The old souq.
(b) The mosque.
(c) The old farmer's market.
(d) Bab al-Faraj.

4. What mistake do the kings in Nuri's story to Mohammed in Part II make?
(a) They were not concerned enough with feeding their citizens.
(b) They were too concerned with riches and left their kingdom devoid of life.
(c) They were too focused on romance.
(d) They were too focused on horses.

5. Where does Nuri first meet Mohammed?
(a) Athens.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) London.
(d) Aleppo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the island Nuri and Afra initially land on after leaving Turkey on a boat?

2. What does Nuri think he sees on Diomande's back?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Nuri remember he and Afra doing every Saturday?

4. What does the smuggler tell everyone on the boat to Greece to do?

5. Who does Nuri ask for help in getting the right papers for his doctor's visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what do the two soldiers Nuri meets on the street in Aleppo try to make him do?

2. Who first sparks Nuri's interest in beekeeping, and what is that person's own history with beekeeping?

3. What is Nuri's impression of the English social worker, Lucy Fisher?

4. What is strange about Nuri's sleeping habits at the bed and breakfast?

5. What does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri about preparing for his asylum interview?

6. What is Mohammed's greatest fear about the journey from Turkey to Greece?

7. Who does Nuri begin to see appearing in the garden of the bed and breakfast in Part I and why is this so extraordinary?

8. What does Mustafa determine as the cause of death of his son, Firas?

9. In Part II, what does the man from Morocco bring for Nuri to cheer him up?

10. Why does it take Nuri so long to leave Aleppo after the violence begins there?

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