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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 is one woman Jude admires who also wears a hijab?
(a) Jamila Jayapal.
(b) Amal Aluddin.
(c) Nomi Nouridin.
(d) Malala Yousafzai.

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

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

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

5. What does Jude's Mama think of Aunt Michelle's cooking?
(a) She thinks there are too many vegetables in it.
(b) She thinks the dinners Aunt Michelle makes are strange.
(c) She thinks there is too much meat in it.
(d) She thinks Aunt Michelle makes too much pasta.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the woman in the hospital say to Jude's Mama as they are leaving?

3. What does Jude's favorite street in her neighborhood feel like to her?

4. What does Layla's mother do when she first sees Jude in her hijab?

5. Who does the song Jude is going to sing for the play tryouts remind her of when she sings it?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the rest of the family react the night Mama cooks dinner in Part III?

2. What momentous event happens while Jude is waiting for the results of the play tryouts to be posted?

3. Why does Jude like Ludlow Avenue so much?

4. What does Jude defiantly tell Sarah's friends when they go sledding in Part IV?

5. Why does Jude think many Americans do not finish their sentences?

6. Why does Jude get so emotional when she goes to the Middle Eastern restaurant and they serve her food for the first time?

7. Soon after the news of Issa's departure from home, what does Jude start to realize about America's attitudes towards refugees?

8. How does Jude's wearing her hijab change the way people look at her on the street?

9. Why is Jude growing more concerned about Fatima in Part III?

10. Why does Layla think Jude is lucky?

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