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

2. What does Jude notice in Baba's eyes when he sees her for the first time on the video call in her hijab?

3. What does Jude often say in English when she means to say "so"?

4. What does Layla tell Jude about the school play?

5. Who is one woman Jude admires who also wears a hijab?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jude like Ludlow Avenue so much?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Jude think is the bravest thing a person can do after she learns of Issa's departure from home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What is the result of Uncle Mazin's one-on-one dinner with Jude? What does Jude better begin to understand about her uncle's own feelings about America after her dinner with him? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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