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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 Uncle Mazin tell Mama when she observes that she does not see anything from home in his house?

2. Who do Fatima and Jude decide Fatima resembles from the films they watch?

3. What does the girl from Damascus tell Fatima and Jude about the American movies they tell her they like?

4. What does Issa tell Jude about America?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What surprises Jude about her first ESL class?

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

8. What is Jude's first impression of her Uncle Mazin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Jude react so strongly the first time she sits down inside the Middle Eastern restaurant Ali Baba? What does Layla's friendship come to mean to Jude? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What themes and ideas does Warga use the differences in foods between what Jude ate and experienced in Syria and what she eats and experiences in America to highlight? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What is the result of Uncle Mazin's one-on-one dinner with Jude? What does Jude better begin to understand about her uncle's own feelings about America after her dinner with him? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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