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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 mistake do the kings in Nuri's story to Mohammed in Part II make?
2. What does Nuri think he sees on Diomande's back?
3. What does the Moroccan man at the bed and breakfast start calling Nuri?
4. How old was Firas in Part I?
5. What annoys the man from Morocco about others' toilet habits?
Short Essay Questions
1. In one of his letters to Nuri, what does Mustafa say is one of the greatest differences between people and bees?
2. What is Mohammed's greatest fear about the journey from Turkey to Greece?
3. What does the Moroccan man at the bed and breakfast routinely hold and swing from his hands that Nuri notices?
4. What does Nuri find in the garden of the bed and breakfast that he is delighted with?
5. Why does Nuri's friend Elias decide not to make the trip from Turkey to Greece with the smuggler as they had both originally planned?
6. In Part II, what does Mustafa tell Nuri has been complicated about his own journey out of Syria on his way to England?
7. What is Nuri's impression of the English social worker, Lucy Fisher?
8. What is strange about Nuri's sleeping habits at the bed and breakfast?
9. In Part I, what do the two soldiers Nuri meets on the street in Aleppo try to make him do?
10. What does Mustafa routinely threaten his young son Firas with in Part I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Nuri delay contacting Mustafa for so long after reaching the United Kingdom? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
How does Nuri feel about Diomande, one of the other asylum-seekers staying at the bed and breakfast in England? What are some of the similarities and differences between Diomande's story and Nuri's story? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Mustafa feel at least partially responsible for his own son Firas's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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