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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 smuggler's name who introduces Nuri and Afra to the second smuggler who will eventually get them out of the United Kingdom?
(a) Nadim.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Ahmad.
(d) Baram.

2. Who is the aid worker who shows Nuri around the family complex at Athens?
(a) Michael.
(b) Rob.
(c) Marlow.
(d) Neil.

3. Who helps Nuri take care of his wound in Part IV?
(a) An NGO worker and another volunteer who is a medical worker.
(b) A doctor from Somalia in the camp.
(c) A doctor from Syria in the camp.
(d) A nurse from Ghana in the camp.

4. In Chapter 9, what does Nuri think he hears someone calling in Arabic?
(a) Take this!
(b) Watch out!
(c) Over here!
(d) Help!

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What organizations were well-prepared on the Greek island Nuri and Afra arrive on in Part III?

3. Who is Nuri particularly worried about in the camp at Athens when he sees the man who plays the instrument with them in Part III?

4. What has Afra lost on the boat journey from Turkey?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part IV, why is Nuri concerned about the twin boys in the camp in Greece?

3. In Part III, what does Nuri go to some trouble to find and buy for Mohammed, even though he has not seen Mohammed for a while?

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

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

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

7. In Part III, what does Nuri leave for Mohammed in the camp in Leros before he and Afra move on to Athens?

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

9. In Part III, what does the aid worker tell Nuri about the history of the island of Leros, where the refugee camp is?

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

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