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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 think he sees on Diomande's back?
(a) Scars.
(b) Small wings.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Bites.

2. How old was Firas in Part I?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

3. Who is the new resident at the B and B in Part II?
(a) Ben.
(b) Maliki.
(c) Diomande.
(d) Roman.

4. What do the two men at the checkpoint in Aleppo try to force Nuri to take from them?
(a) Drugs.
(b) A camera.
(c) A gun.
(d) Money.

5. In Chapter 1, where does Afra have sharp pain?
(a) Her stomach.
(b) Her ears.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What annoys the man from Morocco about others' toilet habits?

2. What color is Afra's hair in Chapter 1?

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

4. In Part II, what does Nuri buy for Afra that he thinks she will like?

5. What do the people in one village in Turkey bring for the refugees as they pass?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. How does Nuri describe how Afra was before the war?

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

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