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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 NOT part of the list Amal creates that names the reasons she wants to return to school wearing the hijab?
2. In what city does the narrative take place?
3. 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?
4. Which character uncharacteristically ignores Amal throughout her first day wearing the hijab to McCleans?
5. In what location does Amal finally sign up to participate in debate near the end of Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Amal describe her own identity?
2. What reasons does Amal provide for wanting to wear the hijab all the time when she makes one of her lists?
3. 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.
4. Name and describe Amal's friends.
5. What do postcards symbolize within Chapter 12?
6. In what way does Abdel-Fattah use repetition in order to underscore a fervent wish of Amal's in Chapter 5?
7. How does Amal characterize her first day of wearing the hijab to McCleans when she calls Leila at the end of the day?
8. Describe Amal's relationship with her mother.
9. How does Amal react when Tia comes into the women's restroom at the start of Chapter 11?
10. In what way does Abdel-Fattah build suspense in connection with the novel's main conflict at the end of Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Abdel-Fattah's novel from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and what textual elements are used in order to send this message?
Essay Topic 2
Choose an object from Does My Head Look Big in This?, such as the polka dot dress, the gates of McCleans, the roller coaster, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Abdel-Fattah's choice to tell the story of Does My Head Look Big in This? using the first person point-of-view to present Amal’s story. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Abdel-Fattah’s intended effects on the reader?
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