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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Fatima and Jude decide Fatima resembles from the films they watch?
(a) Sandra Bullock.
(b) Reese Witherspoon.
(c) Julia Roberts.
(d) Halle Berry.

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

3. Why does Fatima start to cover her head?
(a) She wants to make Jude jealous.
(b) She has gotten her period.
(c) She wants to be able to get a good job, and she needs to cover her head in order to do this.
(d) She does not like her hair.

4. What is the Arabic word meaning "be quiet" that Jude's parents often say to her?
(a) Milum.
(b) Ar'um Za.
(c) Frato.
(d) Skety.

5. What does Jude say people come to her city from other parts of Syria in order to do?
(a) Swim.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Find jobs.
(d) Take exams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jude hear Sarah ask her aunt that upsets her in Part II?

2. What does Jude's mother call her as an affectionate nickname?

3. What does Jude's aunt tell her about their house?

4. Which of the following does Jude miss from Syria during her first months in America?

5. Which of the following American singers does Jude like to sing songs along with her brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarah treat Jude during her first few weeks of school at school?

2. Why does Jude decide not to raise her hand in math class on her first day even though she knows the answer?

3. How does Jude think Sarah, her cousin, is going to treat her when they first meet?

4. What does Sarah ask Jude to do for her that shocks Jude in Part II?

5. What does Jude's Mama tell Issa about his activism in Part I?

6. Why does Jude's Baba refuse to leave Syria with her and her Mama?

7. What does Jude sense about Baba when they first speak with him from America?

8. What does Mama tell Jude she needs to help her with in America?

9. What do Jude's parents often tell her when she talks to tourists or asks too many questions?

10. How does Jude describe her city in Part I?

(see the answer keys)

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