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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what transgression does Simone admit in Chapter 27 while talking to Amal?
(a) Trying marijuana.
(b) Drinking alcohol.
(c) Having sex.
(d) Smoking.

2. Which classmate of Amal's decides to interrogate Amal mercilessly in front of the whole class in Chapter 19?
(a) Tia.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Kristy.
(d) Simone.

3. Which two methods of communication do Adam and Amal use to talk to one another over midterm break?
(a) Text messages and telegrams.
(b) Phone calls and MSN chat sessions.
(c) Phone calls and notes.
(d) Phone calls and text messages.

4. About what topic or topics does Amal lie when she is having a discussion about going to a birthday party?
(a) Parent supervision and drugs.
(b) Alcohol and male guests.
(c) Parent supervision.
(d) Alcohol.

5. In what month is the final debate scheduled to take place?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) June.
(d) December.

6. What does Amal do when she sees the bus driver looking directly at her in his rearview mirror?
(a) She pulls the cord.
(b) She yells at the bus driver.
(c) She starts to cry.
(d) She blushes.

7. How many years does the Victoria Certificate of Education take to complete?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

8. What action does Amal take just before she visits Mrs. Vaselli in Chapter 24?
(a) She takes out the garbage.
(b) She watches a movie.
(c) She reads a book.
(d) She takes a jog around the block.

9. In what type of a bus is Amal riding when she is harassed by the bus driver in Chapter 17?
(a) A sea bus.
(b) A public bus.
(c) A minibus.
(d) A charter bus.

10. What does Leila reply when Eileen asks whether her mother would ever force her to get married?
(a) She says yes.
(b) She says it would depend.
(c) She says she has no idea.
(d) She says no.

11. Which teacher grabs the note being passed back and forth between Amal and Adam?
(a) Mr. Baker.
(b) Mr. Pearse.
(c) Ms. Walsh.
(d) Mr. Piper.

12. Jamila tells Amal in Chapter 18 that no matter how cranky Mrs. Vaselli is when she delivers the present, she wants Amal to smile and offer to perform what task for Mrs. Vaselli?
(a) Mow her lawn.
(b) Make her a cup of tea.
(c) Do a load of laundry.
(d) Clean her bathtub.

13. Amal says in Chapter 33 that she and which character have a record of "long-standing efforts to destroy each other" (274)?
(a) Eileen.
(b) Tia.
(c) Simone.
(d) Samantha.

14. Amal and Leila plan a surprise birthday dinner for which of Leila's birthdays in Chapter 31?
(a) Her 16th.
(b) Her 18th.
(c) Her 15th.
(d) Her 17th.

15. Who is chosen to place the call to Gulchin in order to get permission for Leila to attend her own birthday dinner?
(a) Mrs. Vaselli.
(b) Amal.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Yasmeen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many weeks does Amal say Adam's "sulk/macho act" (275) has gone on when she slips him a silly note in class?

3. How does Amal ultimately respond to a particular character's smile of apology in Chapter 30?

4. How many years before the narrative present did Adam's mother leave the family?

5. What object does the bus driver use as a means of harassing Amal in Chapter 17?

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