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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. How much time passes between Chapter 23 and Chapter 24?
2. For how many years has Mrs. Vaselli been out of contact with her son?
3. When Gulchin will not agree to let Leila go out to dinner with her friends at night for her birthday, to what location is the surprise party moved?
4. Amal says in Chapter 33 that she and which character have a record of "long-standing efforts to destroy each other" (274)?
5. How old was Adam when his mother left the family for good?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the public bus driver do in Chapter 17 in an attempt to intimidate and harass Amal?
2. Discuss an instance when Hakan shows a disregard for his family's safety.
3. What declaration does Leila make to Amal when she calls about her own surprise party in Chapter 31?
4. How does the elderly woman on the bus with Amal in Chapter 17 react to the bus driver's actions toward Amal?
5. What tragedy occurs on the world stage in Chapter 29 that increases the level of Islamophobia Amal experiences?
6. What are the two main forms of communication Adam and Amal use with one another over the two weeks of midterm break?
7. What excuses does Amal make in an attempt to deflect her mother Jamila's request that she deliver a birthday present to Mrs. Vaselli?
8. How does Amal use a film allusion to describe her interaction with Mr. Pearse in Chapter 26?
9. Discuss an instance when Amal uses a simile to indicate the state of her friendship with Adam.
10. When Amal's friendship with Adam comes to an end, what does she miss about their friendship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why Abdel-Fattah instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This?.
Essay Topic 2
Determine Abdel-Fattah’s message within the novel Does My Head Look Big in This? regarding the idea that personal connections can be powerful instruments of peace.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Abdel-Fattah's choice to tell the story of Does My Head Look Big in This? using the first person point-of-view to present Amal’s story. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Abdel-Fattah’s intended effects on the reader?
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