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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 Sarah ask Jude in Part II that really surprises Jude?

2. Why is Baba not leaving Syria?

3. What is an appliance Jude's aunt shows her how to use that she did not even have back home?

4. What does Jude's mother tell her she is afraid of when the big storm comes through the night before Jude starts school?

5. What does Jude hear Sarah ask her aunt that upsets her in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the aspects of American culture that Jude finds most difficult to adjust to when she first arrives in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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