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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Soojin say when Amina asks if Soojin plans to become friends with Emily?

2. What is Amina's reaction when Thaya Jaan says some families in Pakistan can barely afford food?

3. What does Amina expect Soojin to do when Emily joins them at their lunch table?

4. Why is Mama cooking lots of food prior to Thaya Jaan's arrival?

5. What does Amina remember about her early childhood at the mosque?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Baba's concern about Thaya Jaan's visit?

2. What is the argument Mustafa and Baba have about the Quran competition?

3. What does Amina think about the airport after Thaya Jaan joins the family?

4. Who is Rabiya and why does she urge Amina to make a singing video?

5. Why is Amina reluctant to consider the possibility of being friends with Emily?

6. What is the details of the assignment Ms. Barton makes to Amina's class?

7. What is significant about Dahlia's appearance?

8. What does Amina do as she prepares to go into the mosque and how does she feel when she enters?

9. What is the lecture Baba continually gives Mustafa about his education, and why?

10. What happens during the group work in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Amina? Describe her daily life, her heritage, and the struggles she is facing at this point in her life.

Essay Topic 2

List the members of Amina's family who are named in this novel. Describe her relationship with any two, including how that relationship changes over the course of the events of this novel.

Essay Topic 3

What does Amina discover when she and Mustafa go into the Islamic Center after the vandalism? What is Amina's reaction? What is the community's reaction?

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