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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) She can not give what she does not have.
(b) First today will be last tomorrow.
(c) Jealousy is a green-eyed monster.
(d) Give her time and she will bloom.

2. What does Jude start to notice after she realizes not everyone in America is rich?
(a) The overflowing hospitals.
(b) The homeless and poorer people.
(c) The payday lending advertisements.
(d) The signs advertising jobs.

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

4. Which girl from Damascus did Fatima and Jude meet who they spent some time with in their town?
(a) Layla.
(b) Bernice.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Sarah.

5. Where did the Syrian president's family grow up in relation to Jude's town?
(a) The city to the south of her town.
(b) The city just on the other side of the river in her town.
(c) The mountains north of Jude's town.
(d) The city to the west of her town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fatima ask Jude if she is going to pack for America?

2. Who are Jude and Mama going to visit in America?

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

4. What does Jude begin to feel about her uncle's house not so long after she arrives?

5. Who is Jude's older brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jude eventually realize that Sarah has asked her for the surprising thing she has asked her for in Part II?

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

4. What does Issa tell Jude about going to America?

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

6. What does Mama tell Jude about her conflicted feelings about America?

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

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

9. What does Jude's Mama say when Jude asks her why Americans seem to like old houses?

10. What surprises Jude about her first ESL class?

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