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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. What does Afra say is the last thing she saw before becoming blind?
2. Who does Nuri tell the asylum interviewers is the president of Syria?
3. What does Hazim tell Diomande about his asylum interview?
4. What does Nuri think Sami would have done for Mohammed if Sami had lived to take the journey with them?
5. What organizations were well-prepared on the Greek island Nuri and Afra arrive on in Part III?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what does Lucy Fisher tell Nuri after seeing his face when he comes out of his asylum interview?
2. In Part III, why does a young aid worker tell Nuri there have been trouble in the camps lately?
3. In Part IV, why is Nuri concerned about the twin boys in the camp in Greece?
4. In Part III, what does Nuri write to Mustafa to say has brought him joy to hear?
5. In Part III, what does Nuri leave for Mohammed in the camp in Leros before he and Afra move on to Athens?
6. In Part III, how does Afra say she is able to keep drawing even though she is blind?
7. In Part IV, what are some of the things the asylum interviewer asks Nuri that agitate him?
8. In Part IV, what does Afra tell the doctor about her concerns about Nuri?
9. In Part IV, what does the doctor tell Afra about her eyesight that shocks her and Nuri?
10. In Part IV, what does Nuri do to Nadim that haunts him later?
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 Afra Ibrahim's art is so special and moving to people, even the pieces she does after she loses her eyesight? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Nuri feel about Diomande, one of the other asylum-seekers staying at the bed and breakfast in England? What are some of the similarities and differences between Diomande's story and Nuri's story? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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