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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. When Amal arrives at the birthday party in Chapter 28, which two of her friends are accompanying her?
2. On what day of the week does Leila's birthday occur, as described in Chapter 31?
3. What aspect of the teacher's appearance does Amal make fun of in her note to Adam?
4. Amal's midterm break during which she does her holiday homework consists of how many weeks in total?
5. Which of Amal's guests in Chapter 16 is required by her mother to return home after dinner, making her miss the sleepover aspect of the party?
Short Essay Questions
1. What method does Amal use to rebalance her friendship with Adam in Chapter 33?
2. How does the theme of hope surface within Chapter 17?
3. What emotional story does Mrs. Vaselli share with Amal in Chapter 23?
4. Discuss an instance when Amal uses a simile to indicate the state of her friendship with Adam.
5. What declaration does Leila make to Amal when she calls about her own surprise party in Chapter 31?
6. Describe the lounge room at the home of Aunt Mandy and Uncle Joe.
7. In what way does Adam's revelation about his mother's departure surprise Amal in Chapter 25?
8. How does the elderly woman on the bus with Amal in Chapter 17 react to the bus driver's actions toward Amal?
9. To what event does Adam invite Amal in Chapter 27 and what lie does she tell to get her mother Jamila to let her attend?
10. For what reason is Leila excluded from a great deal of Amal's sleepover in Chapter 16?
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
Sensory details are used frequently by Abdel-Fattah in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Does My Head Look Big in This?. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Abdel-Fattah’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 3
How is the topic of hope treated within Does My Head Look Big in This? and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
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