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

2. What does Emily say is the only thing her mother can really cook?
(a) Peanut butter cookies.
(b) Apple pie.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Pot roast.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Baba punish Mustafa?

3. What does Mama say when Amina reveals that Soojin is changing her name?

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 does Mama believe happened when she sees that Amina is upset?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why does Amina's mood change after she hears Thaya Jaan's comment about music?

2. Why does Amina tell Bradley that Emily likes Justin?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the conversation Amina has with her Muslim friends the night of the dinner party to honor Thaya Jaan.

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

10. What does Emily reveal about her family that makes Amina realize Emily's family is not as perfect as Amina had believed?

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