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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 does Nuri tell Mohammed he would like to have as they wait for the journey across the sea to begin that makes the boy laugh?
(a) Socks.
(b) Camel wee.
(c) Slug slime.
(d) Bee balm.

2. What does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri about preparing for his asylum interview?
(a) It should be easy and stress-free.
(b) It will be emotionally difficult and they will pounce on anything he says.
(c) It will be very short.
(d) It will be postponed indefinitely.

3. What does Nuri pick of off a tree in the garden and take inside for Afra?
(a) Aphids.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Bees.
(d) Flowers, but he thinks they are keys.

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

5. Where does Mohammed tell Nuri to look for the key he says he needs?
(a) Afra's handbag.
(b) His locked drawer in his bedroom.
(c) The refrigerator at the B and B.
(d) The other garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Afra's great-uncle that she remembers fondly in Part II?

2. How does Nuri first meet Aya?

3. Where do Afra and Nuri set up a stall at the market on Sundays to sell Afra's art?

4. Where does Nuri first meet Mohammed?

5. Who finds Firas's body?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part II, why is it so hard for Nuri to see that he can still make Afra a little bit happy?

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

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

5. In Part I, what does Nuri tell Afra he is waiting for before he can take her to the doctor?

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

7. Why does Nuri's friend Elias decide not to make the trip from Turkey to Greece with the smuggler as they had both originally planned?

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

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

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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