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

2. What song does Jude decide to sing for her play tryout?

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

4. What does Jude say to the rude woman at the hospital?

5. Why did Fatima and Amal move out of Syria?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jude like Ludlow Avenue so much?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Layla think Jude is lucky?

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

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

Warga has written this novel in free-verse poetry. How does the structure of this novel affect the reader's relationship with and understanding of the characters and the plot? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe the different ways in which Jude and her friends and family view the tourists in their town in Syria? 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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