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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 8, Amal's father drops her off to meet Simone and Eileen at what type of establishment?
2. What television show is on when Amal has the epiphany described in Chapter 1?
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. During which years of Amal's schooling did she attend Hidaya, translated as "The Guidance" (12)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the main source of Simone's negative body image?
2. 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?
3. How does Gulchin, Leila's mother, feel about how her son Hakan treats his sister Leila?
4. How does Amal feel in Chapter 7 when her classmates break their silence about her hijab?
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. 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)?
8. What major step does Amal take in Chapter 14 and who gloats about their role in Amal's decision?
9. What major decision does Amal, the protagonist of the novel, make at the beginning of the narrative?
10. Name and describe Amal's friends.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of hope treated within Does My Head Look Big in This? and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
Sensory details are used frequently by Abdel-Fattah in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This?. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Abdel-Fattah’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how and why Abdel-Fattah instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This?.
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