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

2. What does Mama say when Amina reveals that Soojin is changing her name?
(a) Mama predicts Soojin will regret it.
(b) Mama says Soojin is silly.
(c) Mama believes Soojin is turning her back on her heritage.
(d) Amina does not tell her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the punishment Baba gives Mustafa?

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

5. What do Soojin's parents do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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