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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. How does the smuggler say they will know when they have reached international waters?
2. Who is the new resident at the B and B in Part II?
3. Where do Afra and Nuri set up a stall at the market on Sundays to sell Afra's art?
4. Who in Mustafa's family left Syria when the trouble first started?
5. What is Nuri waiting for to take Afra to the doctor in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mustafa routinely threaten his young son Firas with in Part I?
2. What does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri about preparing for his asylum interview?
3. Why does it take Nuri so long to leave Aleppo after the violence begins there?
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. In Part II, what does Mustafa tell Nuri has been complicated about his own journey out of Syria on his way to England?
6. In Part I, what does Nuri tell Afra he is waiting for before he can take her to the doctor?
7. What does Nuri attribute Mustafa's choice to send Dahab and Aya away from Syria so early to?
8. What does Nuri find in the garden of the bed and breakfast that he is delighted with?
9. What is strange about Nuri's sleeping habits at the bed and breakfast?
10. What does Nuri occasionally bring Afra in an effort to keep the emotional connection between them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
How would you describe Mustafa's character and nature, as the reader understands it through Nuri's eyes? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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