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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 are Jude's three favorite words in English after speaking with Miles?

2. What does Jude say she is thankful for ahead of Thanksgiving?

3. What happens while Jude is waiting to hear the result of the tryouts?

4. What does Grace ask Jude about her own language in Part III?

5. What does Jude tell Fatima she misses doing in her fifth letter to Fatima?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the person at the hospital say to Mama as she and Jude are leaving that upsets them both?

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

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

5. What momentous event happens while Jude is waiting for the results of the play tryouts to be posted?

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

7. What does Sarah tell Jude when Aunt Michelle makes Sarah take Jude sledding with her?

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

9. What does Jude say to the rude person at the hospital in response to the person's comment to Mama?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Jude's Baba and Mama each react to Issa's activism? What does Jude think of Issa's activism? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Jude eventually begin to realize is at the root of her cousin Sarah's coldness towards her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

When and how does Jude begin to become more aware of the depth of animosity, suspicion, and even malice some Americans feel towards Muslims, refugees, and foreigners? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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