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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 is the Middle Eastern restaurant on Jude's favorite street called?

2. Who is the girl in school who gets the best parts in the school plays?

3. What color is Jude's new coat that Aunt Michelle buys for her?

4. What does Jude do in Part IV that pleases and surprises her mother and is a sign of maturity in their culture?

5. What does Aunt Michelle say she wishes Mazin would do with Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jude decide to try out for a part in the school play?

2. Why does Layla tell Jude it would be better not to try out for a part in the play?

3. What does Jude defiantly tell Sarah's friends when they go sledding in Part IV?

4. Why does Jude choose her monologue from the movie Notting Hill?

5. Where does Issa go when he leaves home in Part III?

6. Why does Jude like Ludlow Avenue so much?

7. Why is Jude growing more concerned about Fatima in Part III?

8. How does Jude come to try to forgive Sarah for not being happy for her for getting a role in the play?

9. What does Mama say at the doctor's appointment in Part III that makes the ultrasound technician laugh?

10. Why does Layla think Jude is lucky?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Jude react so strongly the first time she sits down inside the Middle Eastern restaurant Ali Baba? What does Layla's friendship come to mean to Jude? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe the different ways in which Jude and her friends and family view the tourists in their town in Syria? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Jude eventually begin to realize is at the root of her cousin Sarah's coldness towards her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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