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

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

3. Why is Amina beginning to feel better about the Quran competition?
(a) She has simply accepted that she has to do it.
(b) She has been practicing with Thaya Jaan.
(c) She is learning to sing a specific surah.
(d) She has chosen an easy surah.

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

5. What does Amina believe Bradley will do with the information that Emily likes Justin?
(a) Tell Justin.
(b) Tease Emily.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tell everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baba punish Mustafa?

2. What does Soojin say will be different about her when she returns to school the following Monday?

3. Why does Imam Malik say he has to tell Mustafa's parents about Mustafa's transgression?

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

5. What has Amina planned for her Halloween costume?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Baba's explanation for Thaya Jaan's attitude about music?

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

3. What happens the morning after the dinner party that wakes Amina so early?

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

5. How does Emily react when Luke makes rude comments about Emily and Justin?

6. What is the secret Emily tells Soojin and why is Amina included in this conversation?

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

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

9. What is the problem Amina faces with regard to attending the carnival?

10. What is the scenario that Amina considers will be her life if Soojin and Emily never forgive her?

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