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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 Jude like most to eat for her afternoon snack?

2. Which of the following is Jude's city in Syria near?

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

4. What does Sarah ask Jude in Part II that really surprises Jude?

5. What color is the dominant one in Jude's aunt's and uncle's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What surprises Jude about her first ESL class?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does Jude's brother Issa begin to change? What bothers Jude about the changes she sees in her brother early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and when does Jude begin to become aware of the tensions between her Mama and Uncle Mazin about their divergent paths in life and their attitudes towards Syria? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does the baby Amal represent for Jude and her family? How does Amal's arrival seem to change the dynamic in Uncle Mazin's household? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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