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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. Who does Nuri meet in the camp at Athens who has leaking breasts and seems confused?
(a) Angeliki.
(b) Rona.
(c) Dahab.
(d) Aya.

2. Which doctor does Nuri take Afra to in Part IV?
(a) Dr. Key.
(b) Dr. Faruk.
(c) Dr. Smith-Haynes.
(d) Dr. Moon.

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

4. Who does Nuri tell the asylum interviewers is the president of Syria?
(a) Bashar al-Assad.
(b) Mustafa Rolid.
(c) Hazim al-Abbadi.
(d) Nadim Hurzil.

5. What does Nadim do to Nuri in Part IV after Nuri sees him in the woods?
(a) Stabs Nuri in the side.
(b) Shoots Nuri.
(c) Reports Nuri as a thief.
(d) Cuts Nuri's wrist badly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does the man in the camp at Athens play so well?

2. Who is the man playing the music in the camp in Athens?

3. In Athens, what does Nuri think is a gun or bomb flash when he first arrives with Afra?

4. What does the doctor tell Afra he thinks is happening with her eyesight?

5. In Chapter 9, who keeps Afra company at the B and B?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 the aid worker tell Nuri about the history of the island of Leros, where the refugee camp is?

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