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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 fatty.
(c) It is too salty.
(d) It tastes like home.

2. What proverb does Mrs. Ravenswood make Jude think of?
(a) Too much sun makes a desert.
(b) An empty vessel clangs the loudest.
(c) There will always be sunshine after rain.
(d) She makes you feel like a loaf of freshly baked bread.

3. What part does Sarah get in the play?
(a) She is cast as Plumette.
(b) She is cast as Mrs. Potts.
(c) She is cast as Belle.
(d) She is in the chorus.

4. Who is the girl in school who gets the best parts in the school plays?
(a) Lori Felts.
(b) Abigail Beth Malone.
(c) Rishina Murray.
(d) Maebelle Maynard.

5. What are some unpleasant things Jude reads about in her uncle's copy of the newspaper every day?
(a) How some Americans do not want immigrants and refugees coming into the country.
(b) How America does not want to send any more money to Europe.
(c) How America is running out of money.
(d) How there will be an English test for people like her that she has to take soon.

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

7. Why does Jude cry in the Middle Eastern restaurant her first visit there?
(a) She smells hummus for the first time since she was in Syria.
(b) The waiter's name is Issa.
(c) There is a teapot just like Auntie Amal's.
(d) The cook looks just like her own father.

8. Where does Sarah go sledding with her friends in Part III?
(a) Mount Storm Park.
(b) Farrington Park.
(c) Fairway Park.
(d) Hilltop Park.

9. 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 get her father's permission to try out.
(c) She has to pay fifty dollars in order to try out.
(d) She can not try out.

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

11. What kind of appointment does Jude go to with Mama in Part III?
(a) An ultrasound appointment for the baby.
(b) A dermatologist appointment.
(c) An appointment for her broken bone.
(d) An eye appointment.

12. What does Jude tell Layla when Layla says they are not the kind of girls who glow in the spotlight?
(a) She wants to be.
(b) She has always wanted to be a star.
(c) She has recorded her own CD before.
(d) She has starred in school plays before.

13. Why does Jude think Sarah will not tell her what monologue she is going to use?
(a) She thinks Sarah is ashamed of it.
(b) She thinks Sarah is worried it is the one Jude is already doing.
(c) She thinks Sarah has not actually picked one for herself yet.
(d) She thinks Sarah might think she will steal it.

14. What does Jude do in Part IV that pleases and surprises her mother and is a sign of maturity in their culture?
(a) Decides to get her first job.
(b) Decides to start wearing nail polish.
(c) Decides to start wearing a hijab.
(d) Decides to start wearing mostly black clothes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Mama cooks when it is time for her to cook dinner?

2. Who is the student in Jude's school whose family owns the Middle Eastern restaurant?

3. Where are Layla's parents from?

4. What does Grace ask Jude about her own language in Part III?

5. What does Jude often see Aunt Michelle doing in the early morning?

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