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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amina do when Soojin and Emily go to class angry with her?
(a) Goes to the nurses station.
(b) Walks home.
(c) Sits on a bench.
(d) Follows them to class.

2. How does Amina first learn of the extent of the damage at the Islamic Center?
(a) Thaya Jaan returns home to get Mama.
(b) Amina watches a news story.
(c) Baba returns home and tells them the news.
(d) Amina listens as Mama talks to Salma Auntie on the telephone.

3. What does Amina say to Bradley after revealing that Emily likes Justin?
(a) She asks him not to tell anyone.
(b) She says he should only tell Justin.
(c) She says he should talk to Emily about it.
(d) She asks him to spread the news to everyone.

4. What does Amina plan to do when she returns to school on Monday?
(a) Make new friends.
(b) Apologize again.
(c) Ignore Emily and Soojin.
(d) Try to spend time with Soojin alone.

5. What is Rabiya going to be for Halloween?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A pirate.
(c) A peacock.
(d) A gypsy.

6. Why is Amina surprised when Emily says Soojin's lunch smells good?
(a) Emily had made fun of Soojin's lunch in third grade.
(b) Amina thinks the lunch smells terrible.
(c) Soojin is eating a peanut butter sandwich.
(d) Emily is sitting too far away to even smell it.

7. Why is Emily eating chicken nuggets for lunch?
(a) It is what the school serves that day.
(b) Her mother packed her lunch.
(c) She traded her sandwich for it.
(d) She says she only eats chicken.

8. Why did Mustafa get up early on Saturday morning?
(a) He was doing his afternoon chores early.
(b) He went for a run.
(c) He wants Baba to let him get a job.
(d) He knew he was going to be in trouble.

9. Why is Mustafa absent from the Friday evening out with Thaya Jaan?
(a) He is not feeling well.
(b) He is studying at the Islamic Center.
(c) He is practicing the Quran with friends.
(d) He is out with his basketball team.

10. What does Thaya Jaan call Amina when they are preparing to leave the house?
(a) A daisy.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A canary.
(d) A baby.

11. Why does Bradley say he would like to sit by Emily during social studies?
(a) He wants her to help with the next step of their project.
(b) He wants to copy her answers from a test.
(c) He thinks she is pretty.
(d) He wants to ask her about Justin.

12. What does Amina realize about Emily after Luke embarrasses Emily during lunch?
(a) That she has not changed at all.
(b) That she is trying to be friends with both Amina and Soojin.
(c) That she does not like Amina at all.
(d) That she has only been spending time with Amina in order to be near Bradley.

13. Why does Amina choose not to tell Mustafa that she is proud of him?
(a) He never says anything nice to her.
(b) The two of them do not say things like that to each other.
(c) The basketball team is taking him away too much for her to be nice about it.
(d) She knows he will tease her about it for weeks.

14. Who does Mama insist is the first to fill their plate with food at her dinner party?
(a) Thaya Jaan.
(b) Imam Malik.
(c) Baba.
(d) Amina.

15. What does Amina hear Thaya Jaan say about music?
(a) That she should play professionally.
(b) That it is forbidden in Islam.
(c) That she is very talented.
(d) That it is leading her away from her heritage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emily's immediate reaction to Luke's shout in the lunchroom?

2. How does Baba respond to Thaya Jaan's comment about Amina's music?

3. What does Soojin say when Emily is clearly uncomfortable talking in front of Amina?

4. What do Soojin's parents do for a living?

5. Why does Imam Malik say he has to tell Mustafa's parents about Mustafa's transgression?

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