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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 the new resident at the B and B wear that the Moroccan man thinks is strange?
(a) A swimsuit.
(b) A nightgown.
(c) A business suit.
(d) A tracksuit.

2. What is the name of a collective of bee hives and colonies?
(a) Apiaries.
(b) Greenhouses.
(c) Balmeries.
(d) Buzzeries.

3. In Part I, who is Nuri amazed to see in the garden of the bed and breakfast?
(a) Dahab.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Sami.
(d) Afra.

4. Who does Nuri meet in Turkey that encourages him to try to connect with a smuggler to cross the sea?
(a) Dahab.
(b) Neil.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Elias.

5. Who is Mustafa married to?
(a) Dahab.
(b) Aya.
(c) Nadia.
(d) Rona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the English social worker who helps Nuri and Afra?

2. Who finds Firas's body?

3. In Chapter 5, why does Nuri hate to see that Afra still seems to love him?

4. What is Mohammed most worried about when Nuri meets him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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