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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 270 - 313).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the twin boys in the camp at Athens tell Nuri they are from?
(a) Syria.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Ghana.

2. Who does Nuri meet in Turkey that encourages him to try to connect with a smuggler to cross the sea?
(a) Elias.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Dahab.
(d) Neil.

3. What happens to Afra the night before she and Nuri leave Greece?
(a) The smuggler rapes her.
(b) She falls and breaks her ankle.
(c) She cuts herself badly.
(d) She takes too many sleeping pills.

4. Where does Nuri first meet Mohammed?
(a) London.
(b) Athens.
(c) Aleppo.
(d) Istanbul.

5. In Chapter 5, why does Nuri hate to see that Afra still seems to love him?
(a) He has been having an affair and wants to leave her.
(b) He can not forgive her for her negligence which he feels contributed to their son's death.
(c) He does not love her any longer.
(d) He does not feel worthy of her or her forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which doctor does Nuri take Afra to in Part IV?

2. Whose clothes does Nuri wear home from the hospital?

3. Why do Nuri and Afra keep going on their journey from Syria until they reach the United Kingdom?

4. What color does the smuggler suggest Afra dye her hair?

5. What is Mohammed most worried about when Nuri meets him?

(see the answer key)

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