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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 is the name of the English social worker who helps Nuri and Afra?
(a) Margaret Hemley.
(b) Lucy Fisher.
(c) Mary Worthington.
(d) Norah Brown.

2. What does Mustafa leave for Nuri at his house before he leaves Syria?
(a) A packet of money.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A photo of the two of them along with a note.
(d) Instructions for caring for the bees.

3. Where do Afra and Nuri set up a stall at the market on Sundays to sell Afra's art?
(a) Opposite Mariq, who sells jewelry/
(b) Just opposite Hamid, who sells tea.
(c) Right next to the riverbank.
(d) Under the turquoise awning.

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

5. In Part II, what does one woman waiting to get on the boat in Turkey say is the most dangerous crossing in the world?
(a) The one from Libya to Italy.
(b) The one from Ireland to England.
(c) The one from America to Spain.
(d) The one from Turkey to Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nuri pick of off a tree in the garden and take inside for Afra?

2. In Chapter 5, why does Nuri hate to see that Afra still seems to love him?

3. Who in Mustafa's family left Syria when the trouble first started?

4. Which of the following did Nuri feed the bees in his colony?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nuri find in the garden of the bed and breakfast that he is delighted with?

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

4. What does Nuri do for work temporarily while he is in Turkey waiting to move on?

5. What does the smuggler tell everyone in Part II to do as they cross the sea?

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

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

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

9. What does Nuri attribute Mustafa's choice to send Dahab and Aya away from Syria so early to?

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

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