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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. For what length of time have Amal and her family lived in Donvale?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 9 years.

2. Amal reports that which character will not "stop nagging" (136) her about signing up for the debate team?
(a) Josh.
(b) Mr. Pearse.
(c) Simone.
(d) Adam.

3. Some time after her epiphany, Amal decides once and for all that she is going to wear the hijab to McCleans when she returns to school after which type of break?
(a) Easter break.
(b) Summer break.
(c) Winter break.
(d) Spring break.

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

5. The tree under which a conversation takes place in Chapter 12 is next to what type of "oval" (125)?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Squash.
(d) Football.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Donvale?

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. 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?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Amal characterize her first day of wearing the hijab to McCleans when she calls Leila at the end of the day?

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

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

4. Name and describe Amal's friends.

5. Who is Hakan and what conflict develops out of his appearance in Chapter 8?

6. What is the "PHE" (96) and what does it signify?

7. 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)?

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

9. How does Amal describe her own identity?

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

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