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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 aid worker tell Nuri the island of Leros was once used for?
(a) A leper colony.
(b) A zoo.
(c) A prisoner of war camp.
(d) An artists' colony.

2. What insects' sounds does Nuri remember hearing in Athens?
(a) Carpenter ants.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Crickets.

3. What does Nuri do when he wakes up in Leros and finds Mohammed gone?
(a) Wakes up Afra and asks her to help him look for her.
(b) Goes to the old asylum building to ask people if they have seen him.
(c) Finds a police officer and reports the boy missing.
(d) Asks for a boat to go look for Mohammed.

4. What does Mohammed ask Nuri to get for him to eat in Leros?
(a) Corn.
(b) Chocolate spread.
(c) Fish.
(d) Beef.

5. What instrument does the man in the camp at Athens play so well?
(a) Flute.
(b) Piano.
(c) Rebab.
(d) Violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wraps Nuri's wound in Part IV?

2. In Leros, what times are the gates to the refugee area locked at night?

3. What does Hazim tell Diomande about his asylum interview?

4. How does Nuri first meet Mustafa?

5. What does Nuri ask the doctor for?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, what does the doctor tell Afra about her eyesight that shocks her and Nuri?

2. In Part III, what does Nuri write to Mustafa to say has brought him joy to hear?

3. In Part IV, what does Nadim do to Nuri that shocks Nuri?

4. In Part III, why does the aid worker Neil feel awkward explaining the premises at Athens to Nuri?

5. In Part III, what does Nuri overhear a man in the camp telling his young daughter?

6. In Part IV, what does Nuri finally write back to Mustafa in an email?

7. In Part III, why does a young aid worker tell Nuri there have been trouble in the camps lately?

8. In Part IV, what does Afra tell the doctor about her concerns about Nuri?

9. In Part IV, what does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri after seeing his face when he comes out of his asylum interview?

10. In Part III, what does the Moroccan man tell Diomande is the problem with his story?

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