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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. What does Mama criticize Jude's aunt for?
(a) She says Jude's aunt spends too much money.
(b) She says Jude's aunt dyes her hair too often.
(c) She says Jude's aunt can not cook.
(d) She says Jude's aunt has made Mazin forget his home.

2. What does Jude think of the mall her aunt takes her shopping at?
(a) It seems bigger than her entire town at home.
(b) All the clothes are too revealing.
(c) It is way too bright.
(d) Everything there is too expensive.

3. What does Mama make for dinner in Part I when Issa finally comes to dinner again after a long absence?
(a) Lentil stew.
(b) Baked chicken.
(c) Vegetable pakoras.
(d) Lamb legs.

4. What bakery does Mama get the bread for Jude's snacks from?
(a) Fronyeh's Bakery.
(b) Zatar's Bakery.
(c) Layla's Bakery.
(d) Hibah's Bakery.

5. What does Jude's mother tell her she is afraid of when the big storm comes through the night before Jude starts school?
(a) That Jude will forget her home.
(b) That Jude will hate school.
(c) That Jude will want to run away.
(d) That Jude will miss Issa too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jude begin to feel about her uncle's house not so long after she arrives?

2. What does Jude start to notice after she realizes not everyone in America is rich?

3. What does Mama tell Jude when she tells her they are leaving for America?

4. What is the name of Uncle Mazin's neighborhood?

5. How do Jude and Mama talk to Baba from America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jude's Mama say when Jude asks her why Americans seem to like old houses?

2. What is Jude's first impression of her Uncle Mazin?

3. How does Jude describe her city in Part I?

4. How does Jude's Mama seem to feel about Aunt Michelle?

5. How did Jude's Baba react when he came home to find her and Issa acting out scenes from American films?

6. What does Jude's Mama tell Issa about his activism in Part I?

7. How have Fatima and Jude grown apart, according to Jude?

8. Why does Jude feel nervous going through immigration at the airport in America?

9. What does Jude overhear Sarah say in Part II that offends her?

10. Why does Jude's Baba refuse to leave Syria with her and her Mama?

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