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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. What proverb does Sarah's treatment of Jude make Jude think of?
(a) Jealousy is a green-eyed monster.
(b) Give her time and she will bloom.
(c) She can not give what she does not have.
(d) First today will be last tomorrow.

2. What are two things that are not good for business in Jude's town?
(a) Revolution and war.
(b) Stock markets and progressive ideas.
(c) Hot weather and high air fares.
(d) Religion and currency exchange.

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

4. What does Issa say in criticism of Syria's president?
(a) He is not hard enough on America.
(b) He is taxing the people too much.
(c) He is treasonous and he is oppressing his own people.
(d) He is not religious enough.

5. What bakery does Mama get the bread for Jude's snacks from?
(a) Hibah's Bakery.
(b) Fronyeh's Bakery.
(c) Layla's Bakery.
(d) Zatar's Bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of show does Jude sometimes watch with Sarah?

2. What does Jude tell Fatima in her letter to Fatima about school?

3. Which student in Jude's ESL class is originally from Korea?

4. What does Jude's mother say to her in English one day after she has been studying the language a while?

5. What does Jude like most to eat for her afternoon snack?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens the first time Jude visits Issa's new apartment?

3. What has begun to drive a wedge between Jude's brother Issa and her Baba?

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

5. How did Jude's Baba react when he came home to find her and Issa acting out scenes from American films?

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

7. What does Jude overhear Sarah say in Part II that offends her?

8. Why does Jude feel nervous going through immigration at the airport in America?

9. What does Fatima worry about as Jude prepares to leave Syria with her Mama?

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

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