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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what location does Amal, the protagonist of the novel, have an epiphany at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) At the track.
(b) At the gym.
(c) At her home.
(d) At school.

2. How does Amal's mother wake her up for school in Chapter 4, in addition to kissing her "face and head" (30)?
(a) She turns on loud music.
(b) She yanks the quilt off Amal's bed.
(c) She sounds an airhorn.
(d) She jumps up and down on Amal's bedroom floor.

3. In the last sentence of Chapter 17, Amal notes that "Sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you" what "again" (161)?
(a) Faith.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Forgiveness.

4. 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 please her parents.
(b) She wants to strengthen her relationship with her Creator.
(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.

5. What movie does Amal report staying up late to watch in Chapter 23, causing her to feel altruistic?
(a) The Miracle Worker.
(b) Riding in Cars With Boys.
(c) The Goonies.
(d) Erin Brockovich.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Amal reminds her father in Chapter 8 that she is how old?

3. Samantha is in which year of her studies at the university?

4. When Chapter 15 begins, how many months have passed since Amal began the third term of Year Eleven at McCleans?

5. Amal describes "girls who wear the hijab all the time" (2) by using what term?

(see the answer key)

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