Amina's Voice Test | Final Test - Hard

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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 is Emily's mother's profession?

2. Why is Amina beginning to feel better about the Quran competition?

3. Why is Mustafa absent from the Friday evening out with Thaya Jaan?

4. Why does Mama say Baba left the house so early the morning after the dinner party?

5. What does Baba say about the reason some Muslims believe music is wrong?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Baba's explanation for Thaya Jaan's attitude about music?

2. What is the comparison Amina makes to the leaves on the playground, and why does she feel this way?

3. What is the secret Emily tells Soojin and why is Amina included in this conversation?

4. Describe the conversation Amina has with her Muslim friends the night of the dinner party to honor Thaya Jaan.

5. What does Mama say when Amina reveals the fight she has had with Emily and Soojin?

6. What is Mama's reaction when Amina reveals Thaya Jaan's opinion of music?

7. What is Amina's role in the musical, A Blast from the Past, and what does she think about this role?

8. Thaya Jaan tells Amina the meaning of a passage from the Quran. Why does the meaning upset Amina?

9. What is the problem Amina faces with regard to attending the carnival?

10. How do Emily and Soojin react when Amina tells them she revealed Emily's secret to Bradley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Mama's advice when Amina reveals her argument with Soojin and Emily? What does Amina do to try to correct the situation?

Essay Topic 2

Who are Rabiya and Dahlia? Compare each of them to Amina. Why does Amina need their friendship in addition to Soojin's friendship?

Essay Topic 3

When Amina is in the basement with others from the Islamic community, she feels a sense of contentment she had been missing since her argument with Soojin and Emily. What does Amina think her life could be like if Emily and Soojin never forgive her? Why does she dismiss this as impossible? From an outside perspective, could Amina be happy if she had no friends at school and depended only on her Muslim friends for friendship? Why or why not?

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