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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 song does Jude decide to sing for her play tryout?

2. What does Jude tell Layla when Layla says they are not the kind of girls who glow in the spotlight?

3. What does the woman in the hospital say to Jude's Mama as they are leaving?

4. What is one thing Mama cooks when it is time for her to cook dinner?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Jude's wearing her hijab change the way people look at her on the street?

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

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

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

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

How would you describe the tensions Jude observes between her Mama and her Aunt Michelle? 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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