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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 say to Sarah and her friends while sledding that gets their attention?

2. What does Jude find in Mama's room in Part IV that infuriates her?

3. What does the stranger at the bus stop say to Jude?

4. What are some unpleasant things Jude reads about in her uncle's copy of the newspaper every day?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Jude growing more concerned about Fatima in Part III?

3. What does Jude confront Mama with in Part IV that she is very angry about?

4. Why does Jude get so emotional when she goes to the Middle Eastern restaurant and they serve her food for the first time?

5. Why does Mrs. Bloom tell Jude she decided to give her a role?

6. What does Jude defiantly tell Sarah's friends when they go sledding in Part IV?

7. What does Jude tell Layla about her feelings about school?

8. How do Jude and Miles begin to become friends?

9. Why does Layla think Jude is lucky?

10. Soon after the news of Issa's departure from home, what does Jude start to realize about America's attitudes towards refugees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Warga includes a scene in the novel in which Jude and her mother wait anxiously to have their papers cleared by American immigration officials at the airport, she seems to leave the question of their plans for the length of their stay in America intentionally vague. Write an essay explaining why you think the author made this choice and how you think this choice affects the reader's understanding of the story.

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

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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