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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. Why does Nuri decide not to tell Afra they have been granted clearance to travel to Athens in Part III?
2. What does Nuri tell Mohammed about the ferry from Leros to Athens?
3. How do the other men in the camp justify killing Nadim?
4. In Part III, what Greek island does Nuri and Afra go to?
5. What does Nuri leave for Mohammed when he and Afra leave Leros?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what story does Angeliki tell Nuri about Odysseus?
2. In Part IV, what does Nuri do to Nadim that haunts him later?
3. What does Nuri remember about his father's reaction to him not wanting to work in his father's store?
4. What kind of deal do Nuri and Afra make with the smuggler in Athens?
5. In Part III, why does a young aid worker tell Nuri there have been trouble in the camps lately?
6. In Part IV, what are some of the things the asylum interviewer asks Nuri that agitate him?
7. In Part IV, what does Angeliki tell Nuri about her great sorrow?
8. In Part IV, why is Nuri concerned about the twin boys in the camp in Greece?
9. In Part III, what does Nuri overhear a man in the camp telling his young daughter?
10. Why do people laugh at Nuri when he tells them he wants to make his way to England in Part IV?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
What effect do you think Lefteri's choice to write the book from Nuri's point of view in the first person have on the reader? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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