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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 annoys the man from Morocco about others' toilet habits?
(a) Everyone locks the door.
(b) The men stand up to urinate.
(c) No one flushes.
(d) Everyone flushes after once use and wastes water.

2. What does Mohammed play with in the garden of the B and B in Part II?
(a) A bird.
(b) An ant.
(c) A worm.
(d) A salamander.

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

4. What does the Moroccan man at the bed and breakfast start calling Nuri?
(a) Sir.
(b) Geezer.
(c) Friend.
(d) Mister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Firas in Part I?

2. What does Mohammed tell Nuri happened to him after he fell in the water?

3. What river did Afra once paint that Nuri wishes he could see the painting of again?

4. How does the smuggler say they will know when they have reached international waters?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In one of his letters to Nuri, what does Mustafa say is one of the greatest differences between people and bees?

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

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