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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. Who is Fatima's mother?

2. Who from Jude's family is going to America?

3. What does Jude's town smell like in summer time?

4. How far is Jude's new school from Uncle Mazin's house?

5. Why does Fatima start to cover her head?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What surprises Jude about her first ESL class?

6. What does Fatima worry about as Jude prepares to leave Syria with her Mama?

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

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

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

10. How does Jude see her town change 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

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 does Jude's discovery of her unsent letters to Fatima in her mother's room lead to between Jude and Mama? Why do both Jude and Mama keep their respective secrets from one another once they have moved to America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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