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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 action does Amal take just before she visits Mrs. Vaselli in Chapter 24?
2. How many lies does Amal tell when she is trying to get permission to attend a birthday party?
3. What aspect of the teacher's appearance does Amal make fun of in her note to Adam?
4. How much time passes between Chapter 23 and Chapter 24?
5. Who announces the teams for the final two debating rounds at the start of Chapter 27?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss an instance when Amal uses a simile to indicate the state of her friendship with Adam.
2. What kind of sports metaphor does Amal create for Adam to illustrate the effects of fajr?
3. For what reason is Leila excluded from a great deal of Amal's sleepover in Chapter 16?
4. What discovery does Amal make in Chapter 24 about the rift between Mrs. Vaselli and her son?
5. Discuss an occasion when Amal uses a metaphor to affect Mrs. Vaselli in a particular way.
6. What emotional story does Mrs. Vaselli share with Amal in Chapter 23?
7. What method does Amal use to rebalance her friendship with Adam in Chapter 33?
8. How does the theme of hope surface within Chapter 17?
9. In what way does Simone demonstrate a sizable shift in her confidence level in Chapter 19?
10. What does Lara do to ameliorate the hurt she causes Amal by asking her to give a speech about Muslims and terrorism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Could Does My Head Look Big in This? be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This? and analyze Abdel-Fattah’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
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