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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 say to the immigration official in the U.S. at the airport?

3. What sometimes makes it a good day when Jude goes to visit her Baba at his shop?

4. What bakery does Mama get the bread for Jude's snacks from?

5. What is the Arabic word meaning "be quiet" that Jude's parents often say to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Mama tell Jude she needs to help her with in America?

9. What does Jude's Mama tell Issa about his activism in Part I?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Warga has written this novel in free-verse poetry. How does the structure of this novel affect the reader's relationship with and understanding of the characters and the plot? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe the different ways in which Jude and her friends and family view the tourists in their town in Syria? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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