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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 helps Nuri take care of his wound in Part IV?
2. What is the name of the place the aid worker directs Nuri in Part IV?
3. What organizations were well-prepared on the Greek island Nuri and Afra arrive on in Part III?
4. What does Afra say is the last thing she saw before becoming blind?
5. Who is the aid worker who shows Nuri around the family complex at Athens?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what does Angeliki tell Nuri about her great sorrow?
2. In Part IV, what does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri after seeing his face when he comes out of his asylum interview?
3. In Part IV, what does Nuri finally write back to Mustafa in an email?
4. What kind of deal do Nuri and Afra make with the smuggler in Athens?
5. In Part IV, what does the doctor tell Afra about her eyesight that shocks her and Nuri?
6. What does Nuri remember about his father's reaction to him not wanting to work in his father's store?
7. In Part IV, what story does Angeliki tell Nuri about Odysseus?
8. In Part III, what does Nuri overhear a man in the camp telling his young daughter?
9. In Part IV, what does Nuri do to Nadim that haunts him later?
10. In Part III, how does Afra say she is able to keep drawing even though she is blind?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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