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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 Jude say she is thankful for ahead of Thanksgiving?

2. Which three friends do Sarah and Jude meet up with on the snow day in Part III?

3. What question does Miles ask Jude during their ice-breaker at play practice?

4. What is one thing Mama cooks when it is time for her to cook dinner?

5. What does Jude notice in Baba's eyes when he sees her for the first time on the video call in her hijab?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the person at the hospital say to Mama as she and Jude are leaving that upsets them both?

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

4. What momentous event happens while Jude is waiting for the results of the play tryouts to be posted?

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

6. Why does Mrs. Bloom tell Jude she decided to give her a role?

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

8. How does Jude's wearing her hijab change the way people look at her on the street?

9. Soon after the news of Issa's departure from home, what does Jude start to realize about America's attitudes towards refugees?

10. What does Jude say to the rude person at the hospital in response to the person's comment to Mama?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Warga writes "America, like every other place in the world, is a place where some people sleep and some people, other people, dream" (82). Write an essay explaining what you think Warga means with this sentence.

Essay Topic 2

Although Warga includes a scene in the novel in which Jude and her mother wait anxiously to have their papers cleared by American immigration officials at the airport, she seems to leave the question of their plans for the length of their stay in America intentionally vague. Write an essay explaining why you think the author made this choice and how you think this choice affects the reader's understanding of the story.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe the tensions Jude observes between her Mama and her Aunt Michelle? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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