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

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

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

4. What color are Mohammed's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Grey.

5. What do Diomande and Hazim play in the B and B in the evening in Part II?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Hangman, using English words.
(c) Poker.
(d) Uno.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mustafa thinks Firas spends too much time doing?

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

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

5. Why does it take Mustafa so long to leave Syria?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mustafa routinely threaten his young son Firas with in Part I?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What does the Moroccan man at the bed and breakfast routinely hold and swing from his hands that Nuri notices?

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

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

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