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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amal recall saying to the priest in 4th grade inside the confessional that caused him to give her a penance of "five Hail Marys and five of the Lord's Prayer"?
(a) That she hated Chris Barkley for calling her a wog.
(b) That she was Muslim.
(c) That she had impure thoughts.
(d) That she lied.

2. Samantha is in which year of her studies at the university?
(a) Her first.
(b) Her fifth.
(c) Her third.
(d) Her second.

3. Mrs. Vaselli reveals to Amal in Chapter 24 that she cut off contact with her son after he married what sort of woman?
(a) A Catholic.
(b) A Jehovah's Witness.
(c) A Scientologist.
(d) An Orthodox Jew.

4. Who accuses Amal of smoking cigarettes in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Vaselli.
(b) Aunt Cassandra.
(c) Amal's father.
(d) Amal's mother.

5. The Islamic rite called "wuduh" (117) involves the washing of what body parts?
(a) The ears.
(b) The hands.
(c) The teeth.
(d) The feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the elderly woman sitting near Amal on the bus do before she shouts at the bus driver?

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. In Chapter 8, Simone tells Amal about the emotional abuse she suffers at the hands of which member of her family?

5. Near the end of Chapter 17, Amal tells the reader that "Sometimes it is easy to lose faith in" (161) what?

(see the answer key)

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