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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 happens while Jude is waiting to hear the result of the tryouts?
(a) She gets her period for the first time.
(b) She gets her first computer video call from Issa.
(c) She gets her first letter back from Fatima.
(d) She has her first kiss with a boy.

2. What does Layla want to do for the school play?
(a) Try for a part.
(b) Work on sets.
(c) Work on the lighting.
(d) Play an instrument in the orchestra.

3. What does Ben say he is thankful for ahead of Thanksgiving?
(a) Finding money on the ground.
(b) Having a turkey for dinner.
(c) Going back to visit family in China.
(d) Going to New York City with his family.

4. What does Jude often see Aunt Michelle doing in the early morning?
(a) Raking the leaves.
(b) Working at her computer.
(c) Staring out the window and into the backyard.
(d) Talking in whispers with Uncle Mazin.

5. 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 cook looks just like her own father.
(c) There is a teapot just like Auntie Amal's.
(d) The waiter's name is Issa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jude tell Layla when Layla says they are not the kind of girls who glow in the spotlight?

2. What does Sarah say to Jude before they go to meet up with Sarah's friends?

3. How does Aunt Michelle react to Jude's choice to wear the hijab?

4. What does Omar say he is thankful for ahead of Thanksgiving?

5. Who is one woman Jude admires who also wears a hijab?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jude decide to try out for a part in the school play?

2. Why does Jude choose the song she chooses to sing for her tryout for the play?

3. What does Jude confront Mama with in Part IV that she is very angry about?

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

5. Why does Mrs. Bloom tell Jude she decided to give her a role?

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

7. How do Jude and Miles begin to become friends?

8. Why does Layla tell Jude it would be better not to try out for a part in the play?

9. Why does Jude choose her monologue from the movie Notting Hill?

10. What does Sarah tell Jude when Aunt Michelle makes Sarah take Jude sledding with her?

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