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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nuri find in the garden of the bed and breakfast in Part I?

2. What did Afra miss so much when she first came to live with Nuri after they were married?

3. Why does Elias ultimately decide not to take the journey across the sea with Nuri?

4. What does Nuri say he loves most about Afra in Part I?

5. What does Nuri do briefly for work while he waits in Turkey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Nuri begin to see appearing in the garden of the bed and breakfast in Part I and why is this so extraordinary?

2. What does the smuggler tell everyone in Part II to do as they cross the sea?

3. What is Nuri's impression of the English social worker, Lucy Fisher?

4. What is Mohammed's greatest fear about the journey from Turkey to Greece?

5. What does Nuri do for work temporarily while he is in Turkey waiting to move on?

6. What does the Moroccan man at the bed and breakfast routinely hold and swing from his hands that Nuri notices?

7. What does Nuri occasionally bring Afra in an effort to keep the emotional connection between them?

8. What does Mustafa routinely threaten his young son Firas with in Part I?

9. How does Nuri describe how Afra was before the war?

10. What does Mustafa determine as the cause of death of his son, Firas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Nuri is so unwilling to admit that he might be suffering from the effects of the trauma of the loss, violence, and grief he has experienced and witnessed? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Mustafa's character and nature, as the reader understands it through Nuri's eyes? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does Angeliki's behavior, stories, and demeanor reveal about her life experiences and her time in the refugee camps? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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