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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 new word does Ben teach Jude and her classmates in the ESL class that means rich?

2. What does Layla tell Jude about on Valentine's Day?

3. What proverb does Mrs. Ravenswood make Jude think of?

4. What is the bad news Mama tells Jude in Part III?

5. What part does Jude get in the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Jude like Ludlow Avenue so much?

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

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

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 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 2

What does Jude's discovery of her unsent letters to Fatima in her mother's room lead to between Jude and Mama? Why do both Jude and Mama keep their respective secrets from one another once they have moved to America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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