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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. Where do the twin boys in the camp at Athens tell Nuri they are from?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Syria.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Ghana.

2. What does Nuri's father say when Nuri tells him he does not want to work in his shop?
(a) You are not my son.
(b) The shop will die with me.
(c) As long as you are happy, that is fine with me.
(d) I never want to see you again.

3. How does Nuri access his emails for the first time on Leros?
(a) He goes to an internet cafe.
(b) He buys an old laptop.
(c) He borrows an aid worker's phone.
(d) He steals someone's phone.

4. What story does Angeliki tell Nuri about Odysseus in Part IV?
(a) How Odysseus killed the Minotaur.
(b) How Odysseus had his men tie him to the ship's mast to resist the sirens.
(c) How Odysseus charted the constellations.
(d) How Odysseus was killed by Trygon's tail.

5. Who wraps Nuri's wound in Part IV?
(a) Neil.
(b) Aya.
(c) Angeliki.
(d) Nadim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mohammed take from the children's center in Leros for Afra?

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

3. What does the aid worker tell Nuri the island of Leros was once used for?

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

5. What does Nuri get at the old asylum building in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part IV, what does Angeliki tell Nuri about her great sorrow?

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

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

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

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

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

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