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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. Amal thinks to herself that most people assume that there are how many types within the "Muslim appearance" (135)?
2. What is the name of Aunt Mandy and Uncle Joe's only daughter?
3. When Amal walks away from the two girls after she hears them call her "oppressed" and say that she looks "like a dag," (63) she uses what type of literary device to indicate her anger?
4. The Islamic rite called "wuduh" (117) involves the washing of what body parts?
5. How does Amal's mother wake her up for school in Chapter 4, in addition to kissing her "face and head" (30)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the first person to encourage Amal to sign up for the debating competition after it is announced?
2. What is the "PHE" (96) and what does it signify?
3. Describe Amal's relationship with her mother.
4. Name and describe Amal's friends.
5. In what way does Abdel-Fattah build suspense in connection with the novel's main conflict at the end of Chapter 1?
6. How does Gulchin, Leila's mother, feel about how her son Hakan treats his sister Leila?
7. 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.
8. What reasons does Amal provide for wanting to wear the hijab all the time when she makes one of her lists?
9. In what way does Abdel-Fattah combine irony with the motif of dreams in Chapter 2?
10. How does Amal feel in Chapter 7 when her classmates break their silence about her hijab?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Abdel-Fattah’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This?.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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