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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 Layla want to do for the school play?

2. What color is Jude's new coat that Aunt Michelle buys for her?

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

4. What part does Jude get in the play?

5. What is the Arabic word for "girl"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What Arabic proverb does Mrs. Ravenswood put Jude in a mind of?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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