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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Samantha is in which year of her studies at the university?
(a) Her first.
(b) Her fifth.
(c) Her third.
(d) Her second.

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

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

4. In what location is Amal standing when she overhears two other female students talking about her in the locker room?
(a) The hallway.
(b) Under the gym bleachers.
(c) In the girls' locker room.
(d) In the boys' locker room.

5. What television show is on when Amal has the epiphany described in Chapter 1?
(a) Friends.
(b) Angry Boys.
(c) Big Brother.
(d) Survivor.

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

7. Amal recalls in Chapter 7 that when she attended Islamic College, a group of boys had thrown a can of what liquid at the vehicle the boys called a "'wog' school bus" (79)?
(a) Coke.
(b) Pepsi.
(c) Tab.
(d) Fanta.

8. The Islamic rite called "wuduh" (117) involves the washing of what body parts?
(a) The teeth.
(b) The hands.
(c) The feet.
(d) The ears.

9. According to Amal, women who wear the hijab "all the time" do so whenever in the company of "males who aren't" (2) what?
(a) Married.
(b) Immediate family.
(c) Suitors.
(d) Muslims.

10. What is the name of the vice captain of the McCleans student body who is in Year Eleven?
(a) Paul.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Mike.
(d) Logan.

11. Which song is featured in the television show Amal watches at the beginning of the narrative?
(a) Greensleeves.
(b) Do You Think I'm Sexy?.
(c) Copacabana.
(d) Maniac.

12. On what day of the week does Chapter 7 begin?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

13. What is the name of Aunt Mandy and Uncle Joe's only daughter?
(a) Leila.
(b) Aysha.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Eileen.

14. 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 had impure thoughts.
(c) That she lied.
(d) That she hated Chris Barkley for calling her a wog.

15. In Chapter 8, Simone tells Amal about the emotional abuse she suffers at the hands of which member of her family?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the captain of the McCleans student body who is in Year Twelve?

2. Which character believes Amal and Eileen when they joke that Amal's father is forcing her to marry a "sixty-five-year-old camel owner in Egypt" (70)?

3. Which character calls Amal "touchy" (118) after the two engage in an argument in Chapter 11?

4. How old is George, the only son of Aunt Mandy and Uncle Joe?

5. When Amal and Adam speak beneath a tree in Chapter 12, what item does Adam say his biological mother always sends him on his birthday?

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