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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 math teacher?

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

3. Why is Baba not leaving Syria?

4. Who is Jude's older brother?

5. How do Jude and Mama talk to Baba from America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What surprises Jude about her first ESL class?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Jude's Mama seem to feel about Aunt Michelle?

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

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

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 would you describe the different ways in which Jude and her friends and family view the tourists in their town in Syria? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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