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

2. What does Mama believe happened when she sees that Amina is upset?

3. Why does Amina choose not to tell Mustafa that she is proud of him?

4. What is Emily's mother's profession?

5. What does Amina realize about Emily after Luke embarrasses Emily during lunch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Amina expect Bradley to do with the information that Emily likes Justin, and why does she have this expectation?

4. What does Emily say about the smell of Soojin's food in the opening of Chapter 9, and why is Amina surprised?

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

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

7. What is Mama's reaction when Amina reveals Thaya Jaan's opinion of music?

8. What is the punishment Baba gives Mustafa for being out too late, and what role does Thaya Jaan play in that punishment?

9. What does Emily reveal about her family that makes Amina realize Emily's family is not as perfect as Amina had believed?

10. How does Emily react when Luke makes rude comments about Emily and Justin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Mama's advice when Amina reveals her argument with Soojin and Emily? What does Amina do to try to correct the situation?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Imam Malik? What is his role in Amina's life and in the lives of others of her community? What is his reaction when he catches Mustafa with some boys who are smoking, and what does this say about his relationship with Mustafa?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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