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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of lessons does Amina take?
(a) Dance.
(b) Voice.
(c) Piano.
(d) Public speaking.
2. Who is Ms. Holly?
(a) The Sunday School teacher at Amina's mosque.
(b) The coach of Amina's soccer team.
(c) The music teacher at Amina's school.
(d) The mother of Amina's best friend.
3. What does Amina like to do when they are out of school for snow?
(a) Stay inside and watch television with Baba.
(b) Have snowball fights with Rabiya.
(c) Sled with Soojin.
(d) Ski with Mama.
4. What does Mustafa discover in the refrigerator when he and Amina take the first of the dishes from the dining room?
(a) Dessert.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Wine.
(d) A fruit platter.
5. Why is Mama cooking lots of food prior to Thaya Jaan's arrival?
(a) She is taking food to a local shelter.
(b) So that she will have food available when she does not have time to cook.
(c) Mustafa is having his basketball team over for a cookout.
(d) Friends are coming over to discuss security for the mosque.
6. What is the comparison Amina makes about her family's appearance?
(a) They look like a blind person chose their clothes.
(b) They look like they are playing dress up for a party.
(c) They look like they dressed in a hurry.
(d) They look like they are dressed for a family portrait with Santa.
7. What is Mama doing when Amina enters the mosque?
(a) Taking care of some of the younger children.
(b) Preparing food for the afternoon meal.
(c) Giving Mustafa a lecture about his clothing.
(d) Reading the Quran with some friends.
8. How long has it been since Amina saw her cousins?
(a) Three years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Almost a year.
9. How is Ms. Barton dressed when she introduces the new project Amina's class will be working on?
(a) She is wearing an orange jacket like hunters wear.
(b) She is wearing the traditional clothing of a pioneer woman.
(c) She is wearing a t-shirt with the school mascot.
(d) She is wearing overalls and a flannel shirt.
10. Why does Amina say only a few things to Thaya Jaan?
(a) Her parents would scold her if she talked.
(b) She is afraid of Thaya Jaan.
(c) She really has no idea what to say.
(d) Mustafa is talking so much she has no chance to talk.
11. What are the two challenges Bradley throws into their social studies project?
(a) Amina has cholera and their wagon wheel broke.
(b) One of their oxen is sick and they lost their blankets during a river crossing.
(c) Soojin has broken her leg and ants got in their sugar.
(d) They have lost their map and Bradley is going hunting.
12. What is the big event Soojin says will happen on October 20th?
(a) Her family will become citizens.
(b) Her father will be returning home from his military assignment.
(c) Her mother has agreed that Soojin can have a sleepover.
(d) Her family will be hosting a dinner for Soojin's birthday.
13. What is Mustafa's response when Baba announces that both Mustafa and Amina will participate in the Quran recitation competition?
(a) That it will be awkward to recite in front of an audience.
(b) That he plans to win.
(c) That he and Amina will help each other.
(d) That he will refuse to go to Sunday School.
14. What does Thaya Jaan say Baba should do to encourage Amina and Mustafa to speak Urdu?
(a) Set aside Sunday afternoon each week for study.
(b) Allow them to speak in any language but only answer in Urdu.
(c) Talk to them only in that language and refuse to acknowledge English.
(d) Reward them when they speak Urdu and punish them when they speak English.
15. What happened to Amina when she played the role of John Hancock in a school play?
(a) She froze, unable to say her line.
(b) She fell as she was leaving the stage.
(c) Her hat fell off when she bent to sign her name.
(d) She dropped the ink bottle while signing her name.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the moral of the lesson Sister Naima tells the children during the second part of Sunday School?
2. What does Amina think when she examines Thaya Jaan's appearance?
3. How are children divided into classes in Amina's Sunday School?
4. What does Amina do just before entering the mosque?
5. What does Thaya Jaan do as they are leaving the airport that puts Amina at ease?
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