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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. Who does Baba not like for Jude to talk to?

3. What does Issa tell Jude about America?

4. How much older than Jude is Fatima?

5. Which of the following does Jude miss from Syria during her first months in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Fatima and Jude grown apart, according to Jude?

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

3. How does Jude see her town change in Part I?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Jude eventually realize that Sarah has asked her for the surprising thing she has asked her for in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Jude's Baba and Mama each react to Issa's activism? What does Jude think of Issa's activism? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How is Jude's ESL class different from what she had expected it to be like? How does Jude feel while she is in the ESL class? Write an essay explaining 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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