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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the captain of the McCleans student body who is in Year Twelve?
2. When Josh, Amal, and Simone have a conversation at school in Chapter 11, Josh says that which member of his family will soon be married?
3. In what city does the narrative take place?
4. What is the name of the vice captain of the McCleans student body who is in Year Eleven?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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)?
2. What major decision does Amal, the protagonist of the novel, make at the beginning of the narrative?
3. What reasons does Amal provide for wanting to wear the hijab all the time when she makes one of her lists?
4. 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?
5. How does Gulchin, Leila's mother, feel about how her son Hakan treats his sister Leila?
6. How does Amal react when Tia comes into the women's restroom at the start of Chapter 11?
7. How does Amal feel in Chapter 7 when her classmates break their silence about her hijab?
8. In what way does Simone demonstrate a growing confidence around Josh in Chapter 11?
9. In what way does Abdel-Fattah use repetition in order to underscore a fervent wish of Amal's in Chapter 5?
10. Name and describe Amal's friends.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Abdel-Fattah sending about the nature and value of compassion and how is Mrs. Vaselli's character used to provide nuance to the novel's messages about compassion?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Does My Head Look Big in This? and one of the novel's main messages. How does Abdel-Fattah make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
What message does Abdel-Fattah send within the pages of Does My Head Look Big in This? concerning the link between fear and persecution?
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