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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does Baba's smile fade on the first call Jude and Mama have with him?

4. Why is Baba not leaving Syria?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What makes Jude feel like more of a guest and a burden in Uncle Mazin's home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Jude's ESL class different from what she had expected it to be like? How does Jude feel while she is in the ESL class? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Warga writes "America, like every other place in the world, is a place where some people sleep and some people, other people, dream" (82). Write an essay explaining what you think Warga means with this sentence.

Essay Topic 3

What are Jude's first impressions of her Uncle Mazin, Aunt Michelle, and cousin Sarah? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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