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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. In Chapter 8, Amal's father drops her off to meet Simone and Eileen at what type of establishment?
2. In what country was Amal born, "and then whacked with some seriously confusing identity hyphens" (6)?
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?
4. What is the name of the boy whom Amal has a crush on?
5. Which character believes Amal and Eileen when they joke that Amal's father is forcing her to marry a "sixty-five-year-old camel owner in Egypt" (70)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Amal's relationship with her mother.
2. For what reason does Amal enter the women's restroom at the start of Chapter 11 and how does Tia react when she enters the restroom?
3. How does Amal feel in Chapter 7 when her classmates break their silence about her hijab?
4. What is the main source of Simone's negative body image?
5. In what way does Abdel-Fattah build suspense in connection with the novel's main conflict at the end of Chapter 1?
6. Name and describe Amal's friends.
7. What do postcards symbolize within Chapter 12?
8. How does Gulchin, Leila's mother, feel about how her son Hakan treats his sister Leila?
9. In what way does Abdel-Fattah use repetition in order to underscore a fervent wish of Amal's in Chapter 5?
10. What reasons does Amal provide for wanting to wear the hijab all the time when she makes one of her lists?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Determine Abdel-Fattah’s message within the novel Does My Head Look Big in This? regarding the idea that personal connections can be powerful instruments of peace.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how and why Abdel-Fattah instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This?.
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