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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 the punishment Baba gives Mustafa?

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

3. What does Mama say about the attack in Chapter 20?

4. What does Amina compare herself to as she listens to Emily and Soojin talking?

5. What does Amina say when Mama asks why she is spending so much time in her bedroom on Friday afternoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thaya Jaan say about music and what is Baba's reaction?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens the morning after the dinner party that wakes Amina so early?

9. What is Mama's reaction when Amina reveals Thaya Jaan's opinion of music?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Soojin plan to change her name? Why does Amina hate the idea? What happens when the moment comes for Soojin to actually make the change?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Emily approaches Amina and Soojin with an offer of friendship? How has Emily's life changed since the previous school year? What could explain this change?

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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