Other Words for Home

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. Why do tourists come to Jude’s hometown in Syria?

A) A famous celebrity lived there once.

B) It has beaches and restaurants.

C) The president of Syria has a home there.

D) Several radical groups use it as a base.

2. Between which two family members does there appear to be the greatest amount of conflict?

A) Issa and Papa

B) Mama and Papa

C) Mama and Aunt Amal

D) Issa and Jude

3. Which statement best describes Jude and Fatima’s friendship by the time Jude departs for the United States?

A) Jude and Fatima are close; they hug, share secrets, and promise to call each other often.

B) Jude feels lately that Fatima is growing up without her, but they reconnect when they say goodbye.