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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 is Amina's favorite television show?

2. What does Amina think when she examines Thaya Jaan's appearance?

3. What does Amina like to do when they are out of school for snow?

4. What does Amina say worries her about Soojin's plan to change her name?

5. What are Baba and Mustafa watching on television after Sunday School?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thaya Jaan say that indicates he disapproves of Amina's family's lifestyle?

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

3. Why is Amina careful not to leave her clothes in the kitchen while Mama is cooking? What happened in fourth grade to teach her this lesson?

4. Describe the meal the family has on the first night of Thaya Jaan's visit. Why does Amina feel guilty about her uneaten food?

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

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

7. Why does Soojin say she might choose Susan as her new name, and what is Amina's reaction?

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

9. Why is Soojin planning to change her name and what is Amina's reaction?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the secret Amina tells? What happens after she tells this secret? What are the long-term effects of Amina's action?

Essay Topic 2

When Amina is in the basement with others from the Islamic community, she feels a sense of contentment she had been missing since her argument with Soojin and Emily. What does Amina think her life could be like if Emily and Soojin never forgive her? Why does she dismiss this as impossible? From an outside perspective, could Amina be happy if she had no friends at school and depended only on her Muslim friends for friendship? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Who are Rabiya and Dahlia? Compare each of them to Amina. Why does Amina need their friendship in addition to Soojin's friendship?

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