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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. Which three friends do Sarah and Jude meet up with on the snow day in Part III?

2. Which movie does Jude pick her monologue for the play tryout from?

3. What does Aunt Michelle start calling Jude in Part III?

4. What does Aunt Michelle say she wishes Mazin would do with Sarah?

5. What question does Miles ask Jude during their ice-breaker at play practice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Layla think Jude is lucky?

2. Why does Jude decide to try out for a part in the school play?

3. Why does Jude like Ludlow Avenue so much?

4. How does Jude come to try to forgive Sarah for not being happy for her for getting a role in the play?

5. Why does Jude think many Americans do not finish their sentences?

6. What does Mama say at the doctor's appointment in Part III that makes the ultrasound technician laugh?

7. Why does Jude choose her monologue from the movie Notting Hill?

8. Why does Jude choose the song she chooses to sing for her tryout for the play?

9. How does the rest of the family react the night Mama cooks dinner in Part III?

10. Where does Issa go when he leaves home in Part III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the reasons only Jude and Mama make the journey to the United States, without the rest of the family? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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

What plot elements does Warga use to build suspense for the reader throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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