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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does Amal have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) None.

2. What is NOT part of the list Amal creates that names the reasons she wants to return to school wearing the hijab?
(a) She wants to strengthen her relationship with her Creator.
(b) She wants to please her parents.
(c) She is tired of obsessing about how her body looks in the eyes of men.
(d) She wants to be courageous in the face of the prejudice she knows she will endure.

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

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

5. What two adjectives does Amal use to describe Donvale, where the family lived before moving to Camberwell?
(a) Quiet and peaceful.
(b) Sandy and windblown.
(c) Dark and dreary.
(d) Leafy and hilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what continent does the novel take place?

2. When Josh, Amal, and Simone have a conversation at school in Chapter 11, Josh says that which member of his family will soon be married?

3. Amal reports that when she begins to wear the hijab, she will be wearing clothes that cover all but which two areas of her body?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, how many times within fajr does Amal pray that Ms. Walsh will allow her to wear the hijab at school?

5. What sort of literary device does Amal use at the beginning of Chapter 4 to describe her mother's method of waking her up as "severe child abuse" (30)?

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