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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, Simone tells Amal about the emotional abuse she suffers at the hands of which member of her family?
2. In what country does the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This? take place?
3. What adjective does Josh use to describe his family's observance of Judaism?
4. How does Amal's mother wake her up for school in Chapter 4, in addition to kissing her "face and head" (30)?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Amal react when Tia comes into the women's restroom at the start of Chapter 11?
2. How does Gulchin, Leila's mother, feel about how her son Hakan treats his sister Leila?
3. Who is Hakan and what conflict develops out of his appearance in Chapter 8?
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 Amal feel in Chapter 7 when her classmates break their silence about her hijab?
7. Describe Amal's relationship with her mother.
8. 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?
9. What is the main source of Simone's negative body image?
10. Discuss an instance when Abdel-Fattah uses a simile to portray a character's emotions.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Abdel-Fattah’s novel Does My Head Look Big in This?. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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 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?.
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