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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 Arabic proverb about luck does Jude think of after talking with Sarah in Part II?

2. What color is the dominant one in Jude's aunt's and uncle's house?

3. Why does Jude think Uncle Mazin shows her the expensive things in his study?

4. What does Jude tell herself as she walks into her new school in America for the first time?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Jude see her town change in Part I?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What plot elements does Warga use to build suspense for the reader throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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