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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what activity is Amal participating when she describes her epiphany at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Brushing her teeth.
(d) Doing her homework.

3. 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) Hyperbole.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Personification.

4. What television show is on when Amal has the epiphany described in Chapter 1?
(a) Angry Boys.
(b) Friends.
(c) Big Brother.
(d) Survivor.

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

6. When Amal and Adam speak beneath a tree in Chapter 12, what item does Adam say his biological mother always sends him on his birthday?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A wad of cash.
(c) A postcard.
(d) A sweater.

7. The person who will not "stop nagging" (136) Amal to sign up for the debate event does NOT name which of the following characters in a list of strong debaters at McCleans?
(a) Josh.
(b) Kishion.
(c) Tia.
(d) Tracy.

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

9. What adverb does Amal use to describe the look her parents give one another when she announces during dinner in Chapter 3 that she is going to wear the hijab?
(a) Blandly.
(b) Excitedly.
(c) Nervously.
(d) Furtively.

10. Which song is featured in the television show Amal watches at the beginning of the narrative?
(a) Greensleeves.
(b) Copacabana.
(c) Maniac.
(d) Do You Think I'm Sexy?.

11. How old is George, the only son of Aunt Mandy and Uncle Joe?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

12. 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 her home.
(c) At school.
(d) At the gym.

13. 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 lied.
(b) That she hated Chris Barkley for calling her a wog.
(c) That she was Muslim.
(d) That she had impure thoughts.

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

15. Which character warns Amal that she should be careful about the messages she communicates to Adam?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Amal's mother.
(c) Tia.
(d) Eileen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the vice captain of the McCleans student body who is in Year Eleven?

2. According to Amal, women who wear the hijab "all the time" do so whenever in the company of "males who aren't" (2) what?

3. Amal reports that which character will not "stop nagging" (136) her about signing up for the debate team?

4. For what length of time have Amal and her family lived in Donvale?

5. 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?

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