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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of the following, which character is on the list Amal makes of people she believes may be unsupportive of her decision to wear the hijab all the time?
(a) Tia.
(b) Leila.
(c) Simone.
(d) Eileen.

3. 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 be courageous in the face of the prejudice she knows she will endure.
(b) She wants to strengthen her relationship with her Creator.
(c) She wants to please her parents.
(d) She is tired of obsessing about how her body looks in the eyes of men.

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) A car.
(b) College.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Books.

5. Which character calls Amal "touchy" (118) after the two engage in an argument in Chapter 11?
(a) Eileen.
(b) Mr. Pearse.
(c) Leila.
(d) Tia.

6. What is the name of the vice captain of the McCleans student body who is in Year Eleven?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Paul.
(c) Logan.
(d) Mike.

7. 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 neck.
(b) Her ankles and her face.
(c) Her face and her hands.
(d) Her hands and her head.

8. In Chapter 8, Simone tells Amal about the emotional abuse she suffers at the hands of which member of her family?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

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

10. Which character believes Amal and Eileen when they joke that Amal's father is forcing her to marry a "sixty-five-year-old camel owner in Egypt" (70)?
(a) Simone.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Kristy.
(d) Tia.

11. On what day of the week does Chapter 7 begin?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

12. The acronym SRC stands for the name of what organization, according to Amal?
(a) Student Representative Council.
(b) Student Representative Committee.
(c) Student Resident Council.
(d) Student Resident Committee.

13. Amal hears for the first time in Chapter 14 that which character has a crush on Josh?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Tia.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Simone.

14. 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.

15. In what country was Amal born, "and then whacked with some seriously confusing identity hyphens" (6)?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Australia.
(c) Japan.
(d) The Philippines.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. On what night of the week does Chapter 10 begin?

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

5. 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"?

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