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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Angeliki tell Nuri Odysseus made his journey in the famous story?
(a) To find his home again.
(b) To discover a new land.
(c) To find love.
(d) To find treasure.

2. How does Nuri first meet Mustafa?
(a) Nuri has a car accident and Mustafa is the other driver.
(b) Mustafa asks Nuri directions to the Aleppo Honey Shop.
(c) Mustafa does work on Nuri's house.
(d) They meet through mutual friends.

3. Who does Nuri meet in the camp at Athens who has leaking breasts and seems confused?
(a) Dahab.
(b) Rona.
(c) Angeliki.
(d) Aya.

4. What organizations were well-prepared on the Greek island Nuri and Afra arrive on in Part III?
(a) NGOs.
(b) Banks.
(c) The governmental offices.
(d) The retail associations.

5. What instrument does the man in the camp at Athens play so well?
(a) Rebab.
(b) Piano.
(c) Violin.
(d) Flute.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part III, what Greek island does Nuri and Afra go to?

2. What has Afra lost on the boat journey from Turkey?

3. Who does the asylum interviewer ask if Nuri has ever worked with?

4. Where does an aid worker tell Nuri to go to try to find a way out of Athens in Part IV?

5. What did Nadim give the twin boys when they first arrived in the camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part III, what does the aid worker tell Nuri about the history of the island of Leros, where the refugee camp is?

3. In Part III, why does a young aid worker tell Nuri there have been trouble in the camps lately?

4. In Part IV, what story does Angeliki tell Nuri about Odysseus?

5. In Part III, what does Nuri find hanging on a line and how does Afra respond to his bringing it back for them?

6. In Part III, what does Nuri leave for Mohammed in the camp in Leros before he and Afra move on to Athens?

7. 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?

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

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

10. In Part IV, what does the doctor tell Afra about her eyesight that shocks her and Nuri?

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