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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 199 - 266).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jude's mother say to her in English one day after she has been studying the language a while?
(a) I love you.
(b) Call your father for me.
(c) I miss home.
(d) We will survive.

2. What does Jude begin to feel about her uncle's house not so long after she arrives?
(a) She feels jealous of her uncle for how prosperous he is.
(b) She feels it is starting to look like her apartment back in Syria.
(c) She feels as if it is becoming her friend.
(d) She feels she will never be comfortable there.

3. What has Jude learned that many Americans do in conversation when they do not want to say hard things?
(a) Say, "Yada yada."
(b) Say, "Do not make me say it."
(c) Say, "You know," and then stop talking.
(d) Say, "You get it, right?"

4. What is one thing Jude immediately notices about Uncle Mazin's house?
(a) The shiny wood floors that creak.
(b) The paintings everywhere.
(c) The Christmas decorations.
(d) The gold trim arond the doors.

5. Who is one woman Jude admires who also wears a hijab?
(a) Malala Yousafzai.
(b) Jamila Jayapal.
(c) Nomi Nouridin.
(d) Amal Aluddin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Fatima and Jude decide Fatima resembles from the films they watch?

2. What does Layla want to do for the school play?

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

4. What does Jude's mother tell her she is afraid of when the big storm comes through the night before Jude starts school?

5. What is the Arabic word for "girl"?

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