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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what night of the week does Chapter 10 begin?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tuesday.

2. During which years of Amal's schooling did she attend Hidaya, translated as "The Guidance" (12)?
(a) 7 through 10.
(b) 5 through 7.
(c) 8 through 10.
(d) 9 and 10.

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

4. For what length of time have Amal and her family lived in Donvale?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 1 year.

5. What sort of literary device does Amal use at the beginning of Chapter 4 to describe her mother's method of waking her up as "severe child abuse" (30)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character uncharacteristically ignores Amal throughout her first day wearing the hijab to McCleans?

2. What adverb does Amal use to describe the look her parents give one another when she announces during dinner in Chapter 3 that she is going to wear the hijab?

3. When Amal walks away from the two girls after she hears them call her "oppressed" and say that she looks "like a dag," (63) she uses what type of literary device to indicate her anger?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, how many times within fajr does Amal pray that Ms. Walsh will allow her to wear the hijab at school?

5. Amal reports that she attended what sort of primary school because her family lived too far away from an Islamic school?

(see the answer key)

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