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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 Afra tell the doctor she became blind?

2. How does Nuri get Mohammed through the screenings in Greece?

3. What name do the twin boys know Nadim by?

4. How do the other men in the camp justify killing Nadim?

5. What does Mustafa's April email to Nuri bring good news of?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, what does Nuri go to some trouble to find and buy for Mohammed, even though he has not seen Mohammed for a while?

2. In Part III, why does the aid worker Neil feel awkward explaining the premises at Athens to Nuri?

3. In Part III, what does Nuri overhear a man in the camp telling his young daughter?

4. In Part IV, what does Afra tell the doctor about her concerns about Nuri?

5. In Part IV, what does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri after seeing his face when he comes out of his asylum interview?

6. In Part IV, what does Nuri finally write back to Mustafa in an email?

7. In Part IV, what does Nadim do to Nuri that shocks Nuri?

8. In Part III, how does Afra say she is able to keep drawing even though she is blind?

9. In Part IV, what does Nuri do to Nadim that haunts him later?

10. In Part III, what does Nuri write to Mustafa to say has brought him joy to hear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Lefteri's treatment of the theme of home, and what home means to people who have lost everything.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Nuri need the illusion of Mohammed, and when does it become clear that Mohammed is a creation of Nuri's imagination? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the symbolism and multiple meanings behind keys throughout the novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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