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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. 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) Eileen.
(b) Kristy.
(c) Tia.
(d) Ms. Walsh.
2. What is NOT an activity Amal names when she gives examples of occasions when "part-timers" (2) like her wear the hijab?
(a) As part of their uniform at an Islamic school.
(b) When they have a bad hair day.
(c) When they go to the mosque.
(d) When they go to the movies.
3. In what country does the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This? take place?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) Brazil.
4. In what location does Amal, the protagonist of the novel, have an epiphany at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) At school.
(b) At her home.
(c) At the track.
(d) At the gym.
5. 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)?
(a) Kristy.
(b) Simone.
(c) Tia.
(d) Eileen.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what length of time have Amal and her family lived in Donvale?
2. On what day of the week does Chapter 7 begin?
3. How does Amal characterize her relationship with her mother?
4. In Chapter 8, Amal's father drops her off to meet Simone and Eileen at what type of establishment?
5. Amal claims that the captain of the McCleans student body is "unbelievably" (95) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Hakan and what conflict develops out of his appearance in Chapter 8?
2. How does Amal characterize her first day of wearing the hijab to McCleans when she calls Leila at the end of the day?
3. Discuss an instance when Abdel-Fattah uses a simile to portray a character's emotions.
4. In what way does Abdel-Fattah build suspense in connection with the novel's main conflict at the end of Chapter 1?
5. In what way does Abdel-Fattah combine irony with the motif of dreams in Chapter 2?
6. In what way does Simone demonstrate a growing confidence around Josh in Chapter 11?
7. In what way does Abdel-Fattah use repetition in order to underscore a fervent wish of Amal's in Chapter 5?
8. What is the "PHE" (96) and what does it signify?
9. 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?
10. 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)?
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