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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 Mustafa leave for Nuri at his house before he leaves Syria?
2. What was the color of the city of Aleppo as Nuri remembers it?
3. What do Diomande and Hazim play in the B and B in the evening in Part II?
4. Who does Nuri ask for help in getting the right papers for his doctor's visit?
5. Where do Nuri and Afra wait for a smuggler to take them out of Aleppo and into Turkey in Part I?
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. What does the smuggler tell everyone in Part II to do as they cross the sea?
3. What does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri about preparing for his asylum interview?
4. What does Mustafa routinely threaten his young son Firas with in Part I?
5. In Part I, what does Nuri tell Afra he is waiting for before he can take her to the doctor?
6. What does Nuri occasionally bring Afra in an effort to keep the emotional connection between them?
7. 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?
8. How does Nuri describe how Afra was before the war?
9. When does Mustafa finally decide it is time to leave Syria?
10. What does Nuri find in the garden of the bed and breakfast that he is delighted with?
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
Think about the content of Lefteri's Author's Note. How did the author use her own experiences in writing this book? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Nuri Ibrahim remember his own relationships with his mother and father? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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