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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. In Chapter 9, who keeps Afra company at the B and B?
(a) Dahab from Syria.
(b) Farida from Afghanistan.
(c) Angeliki from Somalia.
(d) Aya from Syria.

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

3. What does Mustafa's April email to Nuri bring good news of?
(a) Mustafa's beehives in England are thriving.
(b) Mustafa has been granted asylum in England.
(c) Mustafa has found a sponsor at the university for a new job as a professor.
(d) Mustafa has found a way to get everyone back to Syria.

4. How does Nuri get Mohammed through the screenings in Greece?
(a) He tells the authorities Mohammed is his cousin.
(b) He uses Sami's passport for Mohammed.
(c) He helps Mohammed sneak through a fence.
(d) He keeps Mohammed under his coat.

5. What does Nuri suspect the man who plays the instrument in Athens of doing in Part III?
(a) Killing the kids in the camp.
(b) Trying to sabotage everyone's efforts at being granted asylum.
(c) Exploiting the young and vulnerable.
(d) Stealing money from everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Afra tell the doctor about Nuri?

2. What does Nuri's father say when Nuri tells him he does not want to work in his shop?

3. What is the smuggler's name who introduces Nuri and Afra to the second smuggler who will eventually get them out of the United Kingdom?

4. What insects' sounds does Nuri remember hearing in Athens?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nuri remember about his father's reaction to him not wanting to work in his father's store?

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

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

4. In Part IV, what story does Angeliki tell Nuri about Odysseus?

5. What kind of deal do Nuri and Afra make with the smuggler in Athens?

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

7. In Part III, how does Afra say she is able to keep drawing even though she is blind?

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

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

10. In Part III, what does Nuri find hanging on a line and how does Afra respond to his bringing it back for them?

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