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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 Jude's cousin in America?

2. What does Jude notice her aunt particularly loves?

3. What does Issa tell Jude about America?

4. What does Jude tell herself as she walks into her new school in America for the first time?

5. What is the name of Uncle Mazin's neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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