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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 Imam Malik announce soon after Amina enters the mosque?

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

3. What does Amina think about the appearance of Emily's eyes and nose?

4. What is the name of the musical performance Amina's class is doing?

5. What does Emily say about Bradley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Amina in a different Sunday School class than Dahlia and Rabiya? What does Amina consider her biggest religious challenge?

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

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

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

10. What are the chores Mama assigns to Amina, Mustafa, and Baba, and why does she hand out these assignments?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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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