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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. Why does Bradley say he would like to sit by Emily during social studies?

2. Why does Imam Malik say he has to tell Mustafa's parents about Mustafa's transgression?

3. What does Amina realize about Emily after Luke embarrasses Emily during lunch?

4. What does Amina do to calm down after her studying sessions with Thaya Jaan?

5. What is the word Amina hears early the next morning, after the dinner party, that brings her quickly awake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Amina's role in the musical, A Blast from the Past, and what does she think about this role?

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

7. What does Amina expect Bradley to do with the information that Emily likes Justin, and why does she have this expectation?

8. How do Emily and Soojin react when Amina tells them she revealed Emily's secret to Bradley?

9. What is the punishment Baba gives Mustafa for being out too late, and what role does Thaya Jaan play in that punishment?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who is Mustafa? How does Amina's opinion of him change over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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