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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. How does Amal describe her own identity?

2. In Chapter 8, Simone tells Amal about the emotional abuse she suffers at the hands of which member of her family?

3. In what country was Amal born, "and then whacked with some seriously confusing identity hyphens" (6)?

4. Amal reports that which character will not "stop nagging" (136) her about signing up for the debate team?

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

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. What do postcards symbolize within Chapter 12?

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

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

5. 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)?

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

7. 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?

8. How does Gulchin, Leila's mother, feel about how her son Hakan treats his sister Leila?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Does My Head Look Big in This? and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the theme of nationalism within Does My Head Look Big in This?. What is Abdel-Fattah’s message regarding patriotism and identity and how do you know?

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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