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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches Jude's ESL class?
(a) Mr. Lambard.
(b) Mr. Stitch.
(c) Ms. Pickering.
(d) Ms. Ravenswood.

2. Who are Jude and Mama going to visit in America?
(a) Mama's brother.
(b) Baba's sister.
(c) Mama's sister.
(d) Baba's brother.

3. What is an appliance Jude's aunt shows her how to use that she did not even have back home?
(a) A microwave.
(b) A coffee maker.
(c) A dishwasher.
(d) A washing machine.

4. Which of the following does Jude miss from Syria during her first months in America?
(a) Chez Mariana.
(b) Snow.
(c) The library.
(d) Swimming.

5. Who is the president of Syria?
(a) Renala Roneyeh.
(b) Marin Basher.
(c) Amal Al-Houmani.
(d) Bashar al-Assad.

6. What does Mama say about when children are supposed to move out of their parents' homes?
(a) When they go to university.
(b) When they reach age 16.
(c) When they get married.
(d) When they first get a job.

7. What does Issa tell Jude about America?
(a) That she should watch out only for herself there.
(b) That she should try not to speak English there.
(c) That she will have an adventure and have so much fun there.
(d) That she should only stay for a short time there and then come back to Syria.

8. What is the kind of food Jude ate in Syria called in America?
(a) Peasant food.
(b) French food.
(c) Middle Eastern food.
(d) Italian food.

9. What does Jude's mother tell her she is afraid of when the big storm comes through the night before Jude starts school?
(a) That Jude will want to run away.
(b) That Jude will miss Issa too much.
(c) That Jude will forget her home.
(d) That Jude will hate school.

10. What does Jude's mother say to her in English one day after she has been studying the language a while?
(a) Call your father for me.
(b) I miss home.
(c) I love you.
(d) We will survive.

11. Who is Jude's math teacher?
(a) Ms. Ravenswood.
(b) Mr. Anderson.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Ms. Revelio.

12. How do Jude and Mama talk to Baba from America?
(a) On the library computer.
(b) On the landline telephone.
(c) On Uncle Mazin's computer.
(d) Through their new cell phones.

13. How does Jude's aunt wear her hair?
(a) In long waves.
(b) In a very short buzz cut.
(c) In a short crop.
(d) In a long loose braid.

14. What is the feeling Jude gets from her cousin Sarah on the way home from the airport?
(a) She is very friendly.
(b) She seems tired.
(c) She does not really care whether Jude likes her or not.
(d) She seems much younger than Jude.

15. What is one thing Jude immediately notices about Uncle Mazin's house?
(a) The gold trim arond the doors.
(b) The Christmas decorations.
(c) The shiny wood floors that creak.
(d) The paintings everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama criticize Jude's aunt for?

2. Where does Uncle Mazin take Jude out to dinner?

3. What does Issa say in criticism of Syria's president?

4. What city does the girl from Damascus tell Fatima and Jude she has a friend from?

5. What does Jude say to the immigration official in the U.S. at the airport?

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