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

2. Who is Layla's father?

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

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

5. What does Jude tell Layla about fear in relation to the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Layla tell Jude it would be better not to try out for a part in the play?

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

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

6. Why does Jude like Ludlow Avenue so much?

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

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

9. What does Jude defiantly tell Sarah's friends when they go sledding in Part IV?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does Jude begin to become aware of the tensions between her Mama and Uncle Mazin about their divergent paths in life and their attitudes towards Syria? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the reasons only Jude and Mama make the journey to the United States, without the rest of the family? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What themes and ideas does Warga use the differences in foods between what Jude ate and experienced in Syria and what she eats and experiences in America to highlight? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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