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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What specific advice does Issa give to Jude about living in America?
(a) Be sad.
(b) Be kind.
(c) Be brave.
(d) Be smart.
2. 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 much younger than Jude.
(c) She seems tired.
(d) She does not really care whether Jude likes her or not.
3. What does Jude notice her aunt particularly loves?
(a) Shopping for clothes.
(b) Planting trees and cultivating butterflies in her garden.
(c) Anything French.
(d) Fine art.
4. What does Mama criticize Jude's aunt for?
(a) She says Jude's aunt has made Mazin forget his home.
(b) She says Jude's aunt spends too much money.
(c) She says Jude's aunt dyes her hair too often.
(d) She says Jude's aunt can not cook.
5. What kind of show does Jude sometimes watch with Sarah?
(a) Shows about astronauts.
(b) Shows about teenagers who try to solve a murder of one of their classmates.
(c) Shows about superheros.
(d) Shows about music.
6. What does Jude tell herself as she walks into her new school in America for the first time?
(a) Be brave.
(b) Be smart.
(c) Be kind.
(d) Be good.
7. 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 hate school.
(b) That Jude will want to run away.
(c) That Jude will miss Issa too much.
(d) That Jude will forget her home.
8. What Arabic proverb about luck does Jude think of after talking with Sarah in Part II?
(a) Luck comes to those who deserve it.
(b) Her luck splits open rocks.
(c) Luck may touch you one day and leave you the next.
(d) The lucky one today may be the sorry one tomorrow.
9. What color is the dominant one in Jude's aunt's and uncle's house?
(a) Purple.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gold.
(d) White.
10. Which of the following American singers does Jude like to sing songs along with her brother?
(a) Suzanne Vega.
(b) Britney Spears.
(c) Rolla Springer.
(d) Whitney Houston.
11. What does Jude begin to feel about her uncle's house not so long after she arrives?
(a) She feels jealous of her uncle for how prosperous he is.
(b) She feels as if it is becoming her friend.
(c) She feels it is starting to look like her apartment back in Syria.
(d) She feels she will never be comfortable there.
12. How far is Jude's new school from Uncle Mazin's house?
(a) 8 miles.
(b) 8 blocks.
(c) 3 blocks.
(d) 3 miles.
13. How do Jude and Mama talk to Baba from America?
(a) On the library computer.
(b) On the landline telephone.
(c) Through their new cell phones.
(d) On Uncle Mazin's computer.
14. How does Sarah react to her father taking Jude out to dinner, just the two of them?
(a) She is fearful.
(b) She is suspicious.
(c) She is jealous.
(d) She is happy for Jude.
15. Which movie star does Jude like to think that she resembles at least a bit, around her mouth?
(a) Sandra Bullock.
(b) Julia Roberts.
(c) Reese Witherspoon.
(d) Halle Berry.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jude's aunt make for her every morning for breakfast?
2. What is the name of Uncle Mazin's neighborhood?
3. What does Jude say people come to her city from other parts of Syria in order to do?
4. What does Jude start to notice after she realizes not everyone in America is rich?
5. What does Jude's town smell like in summer time?
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