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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amina do when she sees Imam Malik talking to Mustafa in the hall during the Sunday School break?
(a) Pretends to be looking at a poster while she listens.
(b) Hides and listens.
(c) Walks more slowly so she can listen.
(d) Joins them to listen.

2. Why is Amina beginning to feel better about the Quran competition?
(a) She has been practicing with Thaya Jaan.
(b) She has chosen an easy surah.
(c) She has simply accepted that she has to do it.
(d) She is learning to sing a specific surah.

3. What does Amina realize about Emily after Luke embarrasses Emily during lunch?
(a) That she does not like Amina at all.
(b) That she has not changed at all.
(c) That she has only been spending time with Amina in order to be near Bradley.
(d) That she is trying to be friends with both Amina and Soojin.

4. What is Emily's mother's profession?
(a) She's a doctor.
(b) She's a lawyer.
(c) She's a teacher.
(d) She's a veterinarian.

5. What is Amina's reaction when she learns why Imam Malik is angry with Mustafa?
(a) She cries.
(b) She calls him names and runs outside.
(c) She agrees not to tell if he will do her chores for a week.
(d) She rushes to tell her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama say Baba left the house so early the morning after the dinner party?

2. What do the students do with their last ten minutes of lunch period?

3. What does Soojin say when Emily is clearly uncomfortable talking in front of Amina?

4. What does Mama say Amina has to do in order to repair her friendship with Soojin and Emily?

5. What is the big event Imam Malik says will be held at the same time as the Quran recitation competition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the scenario that Amina considers will be her life if Soojin and Emily never forgive her?

2. What is Amina's role in the musical, A Blast from the Past, and what does she think about this role?

3. How do Emily and Soojin react when Amina tells them she revealed Emily's secret to Bradley?

4. What does Thaya Jaan say about music and what is Baba's reaction?

5. Why does Amina tell Bradley that Emily likes Justin?

6. Where does Mama decide to go the morning the Islamic Center is vandalized? What prompts her to make this decision?

7. Describe the conversation Amina has with her Muslim friends the night of the dinner party to honor Thaya Jaan.

8. What is the comparison Amina makes to the leaves on the playground, and why does she feel this way?

9. Thaya Jaan tells Amina the meaning of a passage from the Quran. Why does the meaning upset Amina?

10. What is the secret Emily tells Soojin and why is Amina included in this conversation?

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