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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 Baba worry that Issa is doing with his friends in Part I?

2. What does Fatima bring for Jude right before she leaves for America?

3. What does Jude think of the mall her aunt takes her shopping at?

4. Who is Jude's aunt in America?

5. Which of the following is Jude's city in Syria near?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens the first time Jude visits Issa's new apartment?

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

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

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

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

9. What surprises Jude about her first ESL class?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the reasons only Jude and Mama make the journey to the United States, without the rest of the family? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and when does Jude's brother Issa begin to change? What bothers Jude about the changes she sees in her brother early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Although Warga includes a scene in the novel in which Jude and her mother wait anxiously to have their papers cleared by American immigration officials at the airport, she seems to leave the question of their plans for the length of their stay in America intentionally vague. Write an essay explaining why you think the author made this choice and how you think this choice affects the reader's understanding of the story.

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