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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. In Part II, what does Nuri buy for Afra that he thinks she will like?
(a) Face cream.
(b) Celebrity magazines.
(c) A sketch pad and coloring pencils.
(d) Nutella.

2. How does the smuggler say they will know when they have reached international waters?
(a) The wind will change.
(b) The water will change; it will become foreign.
(c) They will see boats.
(d) They will see lights.

3. What is the name of the old Moroccan man at the B and B?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Roman.
(c) Dahab.
(d) Hazim.

4. What is the name of Afra's and Nuri's son?
(a) John.
(b) Firas.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Sami.

5. Where do all meetings with the social worker take place?
(a) In the bedroom.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the courtyard.
(d) In the gymnasium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mohammed call Nuri?

2. What does Nuri find in the garden of the bed and breakfast in Part I?

3. What does Mustafa say was the cause of Firas's death?

4. In Chapter 1, where does Afra have sharp pain?

5. What does the new resident at the B and B wear that the Moroccan man thinks is strange?

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. When does Mustafa finally decide it is time to leave Syria?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Part II, what does Mustafa tell Nuri has been complicated about his own journey out of Syria on his way to England?

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

10. What does Nuri occasionally bring Afra in an effort to keep the emotional connection between them?

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