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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amal reports that her mother has what type of obsession?
(a) An obsession with arts and crafts.
(b) An obsession with eavesdropping.
(c) An obsession with cleanliness.
(d) An obsession with exercise.

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

3. In what grade did Leila begin to wear the hijab on a full-time basis, according to Amal?
(a) 9th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 10th.

4. When Amal realizes while on the phone with Leila that her "pocket money isn't going to be going towards [her] DVD collection any more," (21) what does she expect that it will now go toward instead?
(a) College.
(b) Clothing.
(c) A car.
(d) Books.

5. When Amal walks away from the two girls after she hears them call her "oppressed" and say that she looks "like a dag," (63) she uses what type of literary device to indicate her anger?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Simile.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amal reports that she attended what sort of primary school because her family lived too far away from an Islamic school?

2. On what continent does the novel take place?

3. What two adjectives does Amal use to describe Donvale, where the family lived before moving to Camberwell?

4. How does Amal's mother wake her up for school in Chapter 4, in addition to kissing her "face and head" (30)?

5. What is NOT an activity Amal names when she gives examples of occasions when "part-timers" (2) like her wear the hijab?

(see the answer key)

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