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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Mazin say about Mama's cooking?
(a) It is better than their mother's own cooking.
(b) It is too salty.
(c) It tastes like home.
(d) It is too fatty.

2. What does Jude say when she first comes into the Middle Eastern restaurant?
(a) Skety.
(b) Maharai.
(c) Marhaba.
(d) Norbili.

3. What does Aunt Michelle say she wishes Mazin would do with Sarah?
(a) Teach her some science.
(b) Teach her how to speak Arabic.
(c) Teach her how to use a computer.
(d) Teach her how to ride a horse.

4. What does Layla tell Jude about the school play?
(a) She has to get her mother's permission to try out.
(b) She has to pay fifty dollars in order to try out.
(c) She can not try out.
(d) She has to get her father's permission to try out.

5. What song does Jude decide to sing for her play tryout?
(a) Don't Stop Believing.
(b) I Will Always Love You.
(c) I Love Rock and Roll.
(d) Toxic.

6. What does the woman in the hospital say to Jude's Mama as they are leaving?
(a) That she does not have to wear her hijab in this country.
(b) That she looks very worn-down.
(c) That she looks like she is having twins.
(d) That she should go home to her own country.

7. What does Jude tell Fatima she misses doing in her fifth letter to Fatima?
(a) Everything together.
(b) Having dinner together.
(c) Swimming together.
(d) Going to the shop together.

8. What is the bad news Mama tells Jude in Part III?
(a) They do not know where Fatima and Aunt Amal are.
(b) Issa has left home for somewhere near Aleppo.
(c) Baba has lost the store.
(d) Baba is going to flee to Lebanon.

9. Where does Mama tell Jude that Fatima is living with Aunt Amal?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Aleppo.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) United Arab Emirates.

10. What does Jude say to Sarah and her friends while sledding that gets their attention?
(a) She is going to go back to Syria.
(b) She is going to try out for the play.
(c) She does not really know how to speak English.
(d) Her brother Issa is coming to America too.

11. What new word does Ben teach Jude and her classmates in the ESL class that means rich?
(a) Bougie.
(b) Dripping.
(c) Loaded.
(d) Smart.

12. What is the Middle Eastern restaurant on Jude's favorite street called?
(a) Ali Baba.
(b) Fatulah Baba.
(c) Za'taar.
(d) Mama Aishar's.

13. Why does Jude decide to wear the hijab?
(a) She is proud and wants to be seen as she is.
(b) She wants to please her father.
(c) She likes the colors of the scarves.
(d) She wants to please her mother.

14. What does Jude find in Mama's room in Part IV that infuriates her?
(a) Her letters to Fatima that Mama never sent.
(b) Her CDs.
(c) Letters from Baba to her.
(d) Letters from Issa to her.

15. What does Jude think when she looks in the mirror wearing her hijab for the first time?
(a) She looks more like her mother.
(b) She looks younger now.
(c) She looks more mature and wiser.
(d) She looks overwhelmed by the scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarah say to Jude before they go to meet up with Sarah's friends?

2. Who is the boy from Jude's math class who always wears the space t-shirts?

3. Where are Layla's parents from?

4. What is one of Jude's favorite foods in America?

5. Who is in charge of casting the play at school?

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