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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 Baba do when he hears Amina playing an Elvis song on the piano?
(a) He suggests she should practice the Quran instead.
(b) He sings in a silly, deep voice.
(c) He cautions her against playing secular music.
(d) He says she is playing very well.

2. 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.

3. Why is this event bad news for Amina?
(a) She knows her parents will not let her attend this event.
(b) She had hoped to spend that day with her friends at the park.
(c) She knows she will have to do a lot of cooking for it.
(d) She cannot attend one without attending both.

4. What is the secret Emily shares with Amina and Soojin?
(a) She likes Bradley.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) She is angry at Julie.
(d) She likes Justin.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mama insist is the first to fill their plate with food at her dinner party?

2. What does Amina plan to do when she returns to school on Monday?

3. What is the word Amina hears early the next morning, after the dinner party, that brings her quickly awake?

4. What is the chore Mama has for Amina as she is preparing for the dinner party?

5. What is Emily's mother's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thaya Jaan say about music and what is Baba's reaction?

2. What is the punishment Baba gives Mustafa for being out too late, and what role does Thaya Jaan play in that punishment?

3. What is the comparison Amina makes to the leaves on the playground, and why does she feel this way?

4. What is the conversation Amina overhears between Imam Malik and Mustafa during the break in Sunday School? What is Amina's reaction?

5. What does Amina expect Bradley to do with the information that Emily likes Justin, and why does she have this expectation?

6. What is Amina's role in the musical, A Blast from the Past, and what does she think about this role?

7. What does Emily say about the smell of Soojin's food in the opening of Chapter 9, and why is Amina surprised?

8. Where does Mama decide to go the morning the Islamic Center is vandalized? What prompts her to make this decision?

9. What does Mama say when Amina reveals the fight she has had with Emily and Soojin?

10. Thaya Jaan tells Amina the meaning of a passage from the Quran. Why does the meaning upset Amina?

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