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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 do Rabiya and Amina spend their time doing in Rabiya's room?

2. What is the first name Emily suggests for Soojin?

3. Which of the following was among the gifts Amina receives from her cousins?

4. Why is Mama cooking lots of food prior to Thaya Jaan's arrival?

5. What does Mustafa discover in the refrigerator when he and Amina take the first of the dishes from the dining room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the details of the assignment Ms. Barton makes to Amina's class?

2. Describe Soojin's treasure chest necklace, including why Amina gave it to her and why Amina wonders if Soojin will keep wearing it.

3. Why is Amina in a different Sunday School class than Dahlia and Rabiya? What does Amina consider her biggest religious challenge?

4. Why is Soojin planning to change her name and what is Amina's reaction?

5. Why does Soojin say she might choose Susan as her new name, and what is Amina's reaction?

6. What happens during the group work in Chapter 8?

7. Why is Amina careful not to leave her clothes in the kitchen while Mama is cooking? What happened in fourth grade to teach her this lesson?

8. Describe the interaction that takes place when Soojin's grandfather greets Amina and Soojin.

9. Why does Soojin urge Amina to sing, and why does Amina refuse?

10. What is Soojin's reaction the first time Amina asks why Soojin is willing to be friends with Emily?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Amina discover when she and Mustafa go into the Islamic Center after the vandalism? What is Amina's reaction? What is the community's reaction?

Essay Topic 2

When Amina is in the basement with others from the Islamic community, she feels a sense of contentment she had been missing since her argument with Soojin and Emily. What does Amina think her life could be like if Emily and Soojin never forgive her? Why does she dismiss this as impossible? From an outside perspective, could Amina be happy if she had no friends at school and depended only on her Muslim friends for friendship? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the friendship between Amina and Soojin. How does that relationship change after Emily becomes involved with the girls? Why does Amina have trouble accepting Emily's presence?

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