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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 movie does Amal report staying up late to watch in Chapter 23, causing her to feel altruistic?

2. Who is chosen to place the call to Gulchin in order to get permission for Leila to attend her own birthday dinner?

3. 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?

4. Which teacher grabs the note being passed back and forth between Amal and Adam?

5. In what month do Amal and Mrs. Vaselli sit together on Mrs. Vaselli's porch in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the elderly woman on the bus with Amal in Chapter 17 react to the bus driver's actions toward Amal?

2. Describe the lounge room at the home of Aunt Mandy and Uncle Joe.

3. What kind of sports metaphor does Amal create for Adam to illustrate the effects of fajr?

4. What excuses does Amal make in an attempt to deflect her mother Jamila's request that she deliver a birthday present to Mrs. Vaselli?

5. What tragedy occurs on the world stage in Chapter 29 that increases the level of Islamophobia Amal experiences?

6. What is the major obstacle standing in the way of the plan Yasmeen and Amal devise to celebrate Leila's 17th birthday?

7. How does Amal use a film allusion to describe her interaction with Mr. Pearse in Chapter 26?

8. What does the public bus driver do in Chapter 17 in an attempt to intimidate and harass Amal?

9. What are the two main forms of communication Adam and Amal use with one another over the two weeks of midterm break?

10. What discovery does Amal make in Chapter 24 about the rift between Mrs. Vaselli and her son?

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

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

Could Does My Head Look Big in This? be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?

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