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. What does Miss Sadia mean when she says, “family comes first”? (2)

A) Amal should let Seema get ahead of her in class.

B) Family ties are more important than anything else.

C) Amal should give up Omar’s friendship.

D) Family duties are too demanding.

2. What does Amal want to be when she grows up? (short answer)

3. How are Hafsa and Amal different?

A) Hafsa plans to go to college.

B) Hafsa wants to marry Omar when she gets older.

C) Hafsa does not share Amal’s curiosity or interest in learning.

D) Hafsa enjoys reading poetry.

4. Who is Khan Sahib?

A) the owner of the local produce store

B) a worker in the sugarcane fields