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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bradley asks if Soojin and Emily have become best friends. What is Amina's reaction?
(a) She knows Soojin will never abandon her.
(b) She is angry that Bradley noticed.
(c) She feels a shock of jealousy.
(d) She says Emily is also her friend.

2. What does Soojin say will be different about her when she returns to school the following Monday?
(a) She will have a new name.
(b) She will have braces.
(c) She will have a different hairstyle.
(d) She will have new clothes.

3. What does Emily give Amina from her lunch?
(a) A strawberry.
(b) A brownie.
(c) A peanut butter cookie.
(d) A cup of blueberries.

4. Why is Soojin going to miss the following day of school?
(a) Her parents are taking her to a museum.
(b) Her sister has a dance recital.
(c) She is going to be sworn in as an American citizen.
(d) She has a doctor's appointment.

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

6. What is Emily's immediate reaction to Luke's shout in the lunchroom?
(a) She says he is weird and pretends to ignore him.
(b) She begins to cry and wipes her eyes with her napkin.
(c) She becomes furious with Amina and Soojin.
(d) She turns red and rushes from the cafeteria.

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

8. Who came up with the idea for Mustafa's punishment?
(a) Amina.
(b) Mama.
(c) Thaya Jaan.
(d) Imam Malik.

9. What does Baba do whenever Mama is preparing for a dinner party?
(a) Cooks his special dish.
(b) Pitches in to help.
(c) Sets flowers on the porch.
(d) Leaves the house.

10. What is the word Thaya Jaan has to define for Amina when he explains the meaning of the surah she is reading?
(a) Maliciously.
(b) Gossiping.
(c) Backbiting.
(d) Slanderous.

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

12. What does Amina do before she walks outside after her conversation with Mustafa?
(a) Gets lemonade for herself and her friends.
(b) Washes her hands.
(c) Signs up to be in the Quran competition.
(d) Wipes her nose and eyes so no one will know she was crying.

13. What do the students do with their last ten minutes of lunch period?
(a) Go to their homeroom.
(b) Go to their lockers.
(c) Go outside.
(d) Go to the library.

14. Why is Imam Malik upset with Mustafa?
(a) Mustafa with playing basketball with some boys who were smoking.
(b) Mustafa talked back to his teacher and refuses to apologize.
(c) Mustafa is refusing to participate in the Quran competition.
(d) Mustafa skipped his Sunday School class to take a nap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amina realize her time with her Muslim friends and family at the dinner party have done?

2. What does Luke shout at Emily in the lunchroom?

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

4. What does Amina compare herself to as she listens to Emily and Soojin talking?

5. Why does Baba punish Mustafa?

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