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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. What is the name of the boy whom Amal has a crush on?
(a) Adam.
(b) Brad.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Josh.

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?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

4. On what continent does the novel take place?
(a) North America.
(b) Asia.
(c) South America.
(d) Australia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is George, the only son of Aunt Mandy and Uncle Joe?

2. Which character uncharacteristically ignores Amal throughout her first day wearing the hijab to McCleans?

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?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the differences between Amal's old neighborhood of Donvale and the suburb of Camberwell where the family had moved the year before narrative present.

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

4. What distinction does Amal make between the two groups of women she and her Muslim friends call "part-timers" and those they refer to as "full-timers" (2)?

5. What is the main source of Simone's negative body image?

6. In what way does Abdel-Fattah combine irony with the motif of dreams in Chapter 2?

7. How does Amal describe her own identity?

8. Who is the first person to encourage Amal to sign up for the debating competition after it is announced?

9. 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?

10. In what way does Simone demonstrate a growing confidence around Josh in Chapter 11?

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