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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amal claims that the captain of the McCleans student body is "unbelievably" (95) what?
(a) Smart.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Pompous.

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

3. Who demands in Chapter 10 that Leila fix him a plate of food?
(a) Hakan.
(b) Uncle Tariq.
(c) Uncle Joe.
(d) George.

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

5. When Simone and Amal travel home from school together in Chapter 8, Simone says that which character had accused Simone of spending more money on Big Macs per month than she did on a gym membership?
(a) Tia.
(b) Kristy.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Ms. Walsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. The person who will not "stop nagging" (136) Amal to sign up for the debate event does NOT name which of the following characters in a list of strong debaters at McCleans?

2. Who accuses Amal of smoking cigarettes in Chapter 5?

3. In what activity is Amal participating when she describes her epiphany at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 8, Amal's father drops her off to meet Simone and Eileen at what type of establishment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Amal use a particular incident from her own past as an example of the lack of one "Muslim appearance" (135) in Chapter 13?

2. What do postcards symbolize within Chapter 12?

3. What major decision does Amal, the protagonist of the novel, make at the beginning of the narrative?

4. Name and describe Amal's friends.

5. How does Amal describe her own identity?

6. Who is the first person to encourage Amal to sign up for the debating competition after it is announced?

7. For what reason does Amal enter the women's restroom at the start of Chapter 11 and how does Tia react when she enters the restroom?

8. In what way does Abdel-Fattah combine irony with the motif of dreams in Chapter 2?

9. What distinction does Amal make between the two groups of women she and her Muslim friends call "part-timers" and those they refer to as "full-timers" (2)?

10. How does Amal feel in Chapter 7 when her classmates break their silence about her hijab?

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