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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Soojin's parents do for a living?
(a) They are teachers.
(b) They operate a bowling alley.
(c) They run a deli.
(d) They are in the military.

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

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

5. What has Amina planned for her Halloween costume?
(a) She and Soojin planned to be cowboys riding stick horses.
(b) She and Soojin planned to be mustard and ketchup.
(c) She does not plan to go because Thaya Jaan believes it is wrong.
(d) She, Soojin, and Emily planned to be a trio of monkeys.

6. How does Amina first learn of the extent of the damage at the Islamic Center?
(a) Amina watches a news story.
(b) Thaya Jaan returns home to get Mama.
(c) Amina listens as Mama talks to Salma Auntie on the telephone.
(d) Baba returns home and tells them the news.

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

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

9. Who is the first person Emily accuses of telling her secret?
(a) Soojin.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Amnina.
(d) Justin.

10. Why does Mama say Baba left the house so early the morning after the dinner party?
(a) She does not say.
(b) Someone vandalized the Islamic Center.
(c) Hamid and Baba are going to the mosque early.
(d) Imam Malik needs to talk to Baba.

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

12. What does Amina say to Bradley after revealing that Emily likes Justin?
(a) She asks him to spread the news to everyone.
(b) She says he should talk to Emily about it.
(c) She says he should only tell Justin.
(d) She asks him not to tell anyone.

13. What is Soojin's reaction when Amina reveals that she accidentally told Bradley Emily's secret?
(a) She says Amina has to tell Luke is was not true.
(b) She says it is not Amina's fault.
(c) She says Amina has to apologize to Emily.
(d) She yells at Amina.

14. What does Emily carry her lunch in?
(a) A blue insulated bag.
(b) A red box.
(c) A pink paper sack.
(d) A green reusable bag.

15. What does Amina say when Mama asks why she is spending so much time in her bedroom on Friday afternoon?
(a) That she does not feel well.
(b) That she is avoiding Thaya Jaan.
(c) That she is cleaning.
(d) That she is working on her social studies project.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amina notice about Soojin that surprises her?

2. What does Mama say about the attack in Chapter 20?

3. What does Baba do when he hears Amina playing an Elvis song on the piano?

4. What does Baba do whenever Mama is preparing for a dinner party?

5. What is the secret Emily shares with Amina and Soojin?

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