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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. Which of the following did Nuri feed the bees in his colony?
2. How old was Firas in Part I?
3. What does Nuri think he sees on Diomande's back?
4. In Chapter 5, why does Nuri hate to see that Afra still seems to love him?
5. What does Nuri tell Mohammed he would like to have as they wait for the journey across the sea to begin that makes the boy laugh?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does it take Nuri so long to leave Aleppo after the violence begins there?
2. What does Nuri occasionally bring Afra in an effort to keep the emotional connection between them?
3. 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?
4. In Part I, what does Nuri tell Afra he is waiting for before he can take her to the doctor?
5. What does Nuri find in the garden of the bed and breakfast that he is delighted with?
6. What does Nuri do for work temporarily while he is in Turkey waiting to move on?
7. What does Mustafa routinely threaten his young son Firas with in Part I?
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. In Part II, why is it so hard for Nuri to see that he can still make Afra a little bit happy?
10. In one of his letters to Nuri, what does Mustafa say is one of the greatest differences between people and bees?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part V, what does the partial return of Afra's vision symbolize and portend? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Lefteri's treatment of the theme of home, and what home means to people who have lost everything.
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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