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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Amal characterize her relationship with her mother?
(a) Very close.
(b) Drifting apart.
(c) Antagonistic.
(d) Getting closer.

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

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

4. Amal reports that her mother has what type of obsession?
(a) An obsession with exercise.
(b) An obsession with cleanliness.
(c) An obsession with arts and crafts.
(d) An obsession with eavesdropping.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the narrative take place?

2. 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?

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

4. The Islamic rite called "wuduh" (117) involves the washing of what body parts?

5. What method of transportation do Amal and Simone use to travel home from school together in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Amal use a particular incident from her own past as an example of the lack of one "Muslim appearance" (135) in Chapter 13?

2. What reasons does Amal provide for wanting to wear the hijab all the time when she makes one of her lists?

3. Name and describe Amal's friends.

4. How does Amal react when Tia comes into the women's restroom at the start of Chapter 11?

5. How does Amal feel in Chapter 7 when her classmates break their silence about her hijab?

6. Discuss an instance when Abdel-Fattah uses a simile to portray a character's emotions.

7. Describe Amal's relationship with her mother.

8. What major decision does Amal, the protagonist of the novel, make at the beginning of the narrative?

9. What do postcards symbolize within Chapter 12?

10. How does Amal describe her own identity?

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