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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amal describes "girls who wear the hijab all the time" (2) by using what term?
(a) All-timers.
(b) Permanents.
(c) Full-timers.
(d) Part-timers.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) Her ankles and her face.
(b) Her ankles and her neck.
(c) Her face and her hands.
(d) Her hands and her head.

5. Which character uncharacteristically ignores Amal throughout her first day wearing the hijab to McCleans?
(a) Adam.
(b) Simone.
(c) Josh.
(d) Eileen.

6. In what city does the narrative take place?
(a) Melbourne.
(b) Auckland.
(c) São Paulo.
(d) Lahore.

7. When Amal first arrived at McCleans, one teacher had expressed surprise that Amal had what type of hair?
(a) Dark.
(b) Curly.
(c) Straight.
(d) Fair.

8. In what country does the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This? take place?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) Brazil.

9. Which term in her eleventh grade year is Amal entering when she returns to McCleans after break in Chapter 3?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

11. What term does Amal use to describe the Muslim accoutrement worn by her Aunt Cassandra?
(a) Head-scarf.
(b) Burka.
(c) Beanie.
(d) Veil.

12. Amal reminds her father in Chapter 8 that she is how old?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

13. 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) A car.
(c) Books.
(d) Clothing.

14. 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) Simile.
(b) Personification.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Understatement.

15. Amal claims that the captain of the McCleans student body is "unbelievably" (95) what?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Pompous.
(c) Smart.
(d) Ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade did Leila begin to wear the hijab on a full-time basis, according to Amal?

2. What is the name of the captain of the McCleans student body who is in Year Twelve?

3. When Amal first arrived at McCleans, one teacher had expressed surprise that Amal had what type of eyes?

4. Amal thinks to herself that most people assume that there are how many types within the "Muslim appearance" (135)?

5. When Simone and Amal travel home from school together in Chapter 8, Simone says that which character had accused Simone of spending more money on Big Macs per month than she did on a gym membership?

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