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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amina notice about Soojin that surprises her?
(a) Soojin is wearing lip gloss.
(b) Soojin is wearing perfume.
(c) Soojin has written "Susan" all over her notebook.
(d) Soojin has had her tongue pierced.

2. Why is Amina upset when Thaya Jaan explains the meaning of the surah?
(a) She believes Thaya Jaan is being unkind to Baba.
(b) She fears that she will never have another friend.
(c) She knows it applies to Mustafa.
(d) She feels it applies to her.

3. What does Amina do to calm down after her studying sessions with Thaya Jaan?
(a) Shoots baskets with Mustafa.
(b) Sings.
(c) Plays the piano.
(d) Goes for a run.

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

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

6. What is the word Amina hears early the next morning, after the dinner party, that brings her quickly awake?
(a) Missing.
(b) Police.
(c) Dead.
(d) Music.

7. What does Imam Malik say he expects Mustafa to do?
(a) Tell his parents what he did.
(b) Memorize a specific section of the Quran and be ready to explain its meaning.
(c) Help with the carnival and participate in the Quran competition.
(d) Apologize to his teacher.

8. Who is the first family to arrive for the dinner party in Thaya Jaan's honor?
(a) Rabiya's family.
(b) Thaya Jaan's daughter.
(c) Soojin's family.
(d) Imam Malik's family.

9. Why does Mama say the surah does not apply to Amina's situation?
(a) Amina did not understand the surah before the situation.
(b) Children are not held accountable for their actions.
(c) Amina was not being mean on purpose.
(d) Emily and Soojin are not Muslim.

10. What is the big event Imam Malik says will be held at the same time as the Quran recitation competition?
(a) A photography exhibit.
(b) A group of acrobats.
(c) A carnival.
(d) A chili cook-off.

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

12. What has Amina agreed to do during her class's musical performance?
(a) Keep track of the CDs they will use for music.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Be in charge of the props.
(d) Stay in the background as part of the choir.

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

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

15. What is the limiting factor when Amina wants to ask Thaya Jaan questions about the Quran during their study time?
(a) She does not have a strong Urdu vocabulary.
(b) She is too shy to ask him questions.
(c) He does not have a strong English vocabulary.
(d) He is not willing to explain what the verses mean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bradley asks if Soojin and Emily have become best friends. What is Amina's reaction?

3. At the dinner party, what does Yusuf suggest the children do when they cannot find anything on television?

4. What does Mama insist Baba must say to Thaya Jaan?

5. What is the word Thaya Jaan has to define for Amina when he explains the meaning of the surah she is reading?

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