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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. In Chapter 1, what does Afra say about her night of dreams?
2. Who does Afra implore Nuri to contact in Part I when they reach the United Kingdom?
3. What is the name of a collective of bee hives and colonies?
4. In Chapter 1, where does Afra have sharp pain?
5. What did Mustafa once tell Nuri the bee pheromones smell like?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part I, what do the two soldiers Nuri meets on the street in Aleppo try to make him do?
2. In Part II, what does the man from Morocco bring for Nuri to cheer him up?
3. What is strange about Nuri's sleeping habits at the bed and breakfast?
4. What does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri about preparing for his asylum interview?
5. What does the smuggler tell everyone in Part II to do as they cross the sea?
6. What does the Moroccan man at the bed and breakfast routinely hold and swing from his hands that Nuri notices?
7. What does Mustafa determine as the cause of death of his son, Firas?
8. In Part II, what does Mustafa tell Nuri has been complicated about his own journey out of Syria on his way to England?
9. How does Nuri describe how Afra was before the war?
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
Who are some of the victims, and what are some of the circumstances behind instances of sexual assault and exploitation throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How does the process of the asylum interview in the United Kingdom, and the particular questions the interviewer asks Nuri, affect Nuri's state of mind? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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