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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's mother say to her in English one day after she has been studying the language a while?

2. What does Jude start to notice after she realizes not everyone in America is rich?

3. Which student in Jude's ESL class is originally from Korea?

4. Where does Jude's aunt take she and Sarah out to lunch?

5. What does Mama make for dinner in Part I when Issa finally comes to dinner again after a long absence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 2

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 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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