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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. Who is the new resident at the B and B in Part II?

2. What does Mustafa thinks Firas spends too much time doing?

3. What does the smuggler tell everyone on the boat to Greece to do?

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

5. What is the name of Afra's and Nuri's son?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what does Nuri tell Afra he is waiting for before he can take her to the doctor?

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

3. What is strange about Nuri's sleeping habits at the bed and breakfast?

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. What does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri about preparing for his asylum interview?

9. In Part II, what does the man from Morocco bring for Nuri to cheer him up?

10. When does Mustafa finally decide it is time to leave Syria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

How does Nadim's music and songs affect Nuri when he is waiting in the camp in Athens? What does the music make Nuri think of? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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