"Hamadi"

Which detail from the story "Hamadi" by Naomi Shihab Nye best shapes the theme that it's important to have compassion for others?

• Tracy and Susan develop a passion for the stories of Khalil Gibran.
• Susan's father admonishes her for not spending time with her actual uncles.
• Hamadi chooses to comfort Tracy, a total stranger to him, when she becomes upset.
• Susan becomes interested in Hamadi when she is a teenager.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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In "Hamadi" by Naomi Shihab Nye, what is the effect of the author's choice to use the third-person limited point of view, providing readers with only Susan's perspective?

• It restricts what the reader knows about the inner thoughts and feelings of other characters.
• It allows the reader to share Susan's shock over how the story ends.
• It prevents the reader from knowing Susan's true inner thoughts and feelings.
• It allows the reader to learn what other characters think of Susan.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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Hamadi: Whose thoughts and feelings are revealed in this story? 

• Susan's 
• Hamadi's
• Susan's father's
• Tracy's 

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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Hamadi: Which word describes Susan's father and uncles? 

• philosophers
• immigrants
• priests
• rebels 

Hamadi: Both Susan and Hamadi are interested in... 

• riddles
• the imagination
• immigrants
• the word love 

Hamadi: Hamadi provides Tracy with ....

• his handkerchief
• love stamps
• christmas cookies 
• helpful words 

Hamadi: Susan wonders whether someday she will... 

• have a boyfriend
• write a book
• meet an immigrant her own age
• return to Jerusalem

Hamadi: Which of the following is not a way that Susan helps others in the story? 

• helping with office work in the school's counselor's office
• helping her mother prepare meals
• organizes a project to collect donations for a hospital
• helps Hamadi gain his citizenship 

Hamadi: What does the narrator reveal about Susan that explains her interest in Hamadi? 

• Susan wants to hear stories about her father's childhood in the Middle East
• Susan often ignores the shallow conversations among coworkers and classmates
• Susan is beginning to have many questions and deep thoughts about the world 
• Susan is the only freshman on the staff of her school's literary magazine

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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Hamadi: Why does Hamadi live in a simple apartment? 

• He does not value material items
• He cannot afford to live elsewhere
• He plans to return to Lebanon soon 
• He spends all of his money on books