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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 is the name of the baby in the camp at Athens who finally starts nursing from her mother?
(a) Mahsa.
(b) Aya.
(c) Kirrine.
(d) Mobita.

2. How does Afra tell the doctor she became blind?
(a) From a bomb.
(b) From looking at the sun too long.
(c) From a car accident.
(d) From a disease.

3. Why does Nuri decide not to tell Afra they have been granted clearance to travel to Athens in Part III?
(a) Because Mohammed is lost and he does not want to leave Leros without Mohammed.
(b) Because he fears he will not be able to contact Mustafa from Athens.
(c) Because he is afraid of making the sea crossing again.
(d) Because he fears Afra is not well enough to travel.

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

5. What does the man in the cabin next door on Leros tell his young daughter about her mother?
(a) She will come and stroke her hair when the girl has fallen asleep.
(b) She will meet them in France.
(c) She has died and is not coming back.
(d) She will meet them in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Afra tell the doctor about Nuri?

2. Where do Nuri and Afra go for their asylum interview?

3. What does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri after his asylum interview?

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

5. What does Mohammed ask Nuri to get for him to eat in Leros?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part IV, what does Nuri do to Nadim that haunts him later?

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

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

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

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

7. In Part III, what does Angeliki tell Nuri about her condition and circumstances?

8. In Part IV, what are some of the things the asylum interviewer asks Nuri that agitate him?

9. Why do people laugh at Nuri when he tells them he wants to make his way to England in Part IV?

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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