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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does Amal have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) None.
(d) 4.

2. In what country does the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This? take place?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Australia.
(d) New Zealand.

3. On what continent does the novel take place?
(a) Australia.
(b) South America.
(c) Asia.
(d) North America.

4. How does Amal's mother wake her up for school in Chapter 4, in addition to kissing her "face and head" (30)?
(a) She yanks the quilt off Amal's bed.
(b) She jumps up and down on Amal's bedroom floor.
(c) She turns on loud music.
(d) She sounds an airhorn.

5. What does Amal recall saying to the priest in 4th grade inside the confessional that caused him to give her a penance of "five Hail Marys and five of the Lord's Prayer"?
(a) That she was Muslim.
(b) That she hated Chris Barkley for calling her a wog.
(c) That she had impure thoughts.
(d) That she lied.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location does Amal, the protagonist of the novel, have an epiphany at the start of Chapter 1?

2. Of the following, which character is on the list Amal makes of people she believes may be unsupportive of her decision to wear the hijab all the time?

3. Amal describes "girls who wear the hijab all the time" (2) by using what term?

4. Some time after her epiphany, Amal decides once and for all that she is going to wear the hijab to McCleans when she returns to school after which type of break?

5. When Amal realizes while on the phone with Leila that her "pocket money isn't going to be going towards [her] DVD collection any more," (21) what does she expect that it will now go toward instead?

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