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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 part does Jude get in the play?

2. What does Ben say he is thankful for ahead of Thanksgiving?

3. What does Jude's Mama think of Aunt Michelle's cooking?

4. What does Mama ask Jude to do when Jude angrily confronts her in Part IV?

5. Who is the boy from Jude's math class who always wears the space t-shirts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the person at the hospital say to Mama as she and Jude are leaving that upsets them both?

2. Why does Jude get so emotional when she goes to the Middle Eastern restaurant and they serve her food for the first time?

3. Why does Jude choose her monologue from the movie Notting Hill?

4. What Arabic proverb does Mrs. Ravenswood put Jude in a mind of?

5. Why does Jude choose the song she chooses to sing for her tryout for the play?

6. What does Sarah tell Jude when Aunt Michelle makes Sarah take Jude sledding with her?

7. Why does Jude think many Americans do not finish their sentences?

8. What does Jude confront Mama with in Part IV that she is very angry about?

9. Why does Layla tell Jude it would be better not to try out for a part in the play?

10. Why is Jude growing more concerned about Fatima in Part III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the aspects of American culture that Jude finds most difficult to adjust to when she first arrives in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe the tensions Jude observes between her Mama and her Aunt Michelle? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How and when does Jude's brother Issa begin to change? What bothers Jude about the changes she sees in her brother early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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