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Read the excerpts from Does My Head Look Big in This? and Persepolis.Excerpt from Does My Head Look Big in This?:My best friends, Leila Okulgen and Yasmeen Khan, moved on to a public high school close to Coburg, where they live. I begged my parents to let me go with them but Mom and Dad insisted that I go to a private school. I tried everything. At first I sucked up to them big time, making them coffee after dinner, offering to set the table before Mom had a chance to ask me, letting them watch PBS documentaries when I wanted to watch Big Brother. That didn’t work. So I turned political, ranting about them perpetuating the snobby bourgeoisie power trip of our educational system which forges aristocratic divisions between social classes (I got that from a PBS documentary). Talk about having no compassion or social conscience. They just laughed at me and gave me a pile of literature about the school.Excerpt from Persepolis:

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A
Amal is worried about how the political situation will affect her education, while Marjane is concerned with helping people who are suffering.
B
Amal is concerned about the suffering of people around her, while Marjane is concerned only with her own suffering.
C
Amal and Marjane are both dedicated to learning about the political landscape and using their knowledge to help others.
D
Amal and Marjane are both interested in taking what they have learned about politics and social class and applying it to their own situation.
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What is the best description of realistic fiction?

A
texts that are written in first person about a period in an author’s life
B
stories that are made up but might have happened in real life
C
texts about real-life things or events that actually occurred
D
stories that may or may not be true, presented in comic-book format
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What do the tone and perspective of these excerpts reveal about the narrators’ attitudes toward being different? Select three options.

A
Being different from everyone around you can be hard.
B
Being different from everyone around you is a fact of life.
C
Being different from everyone around you is fun and exciting.
D
Being different from everyone around you is everyone's goal.
E
Being different from everyone around you can cause separation.
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What is the main purpose of a thought bubble in a graphic novel?

A
It displays authentic dialogue.
B
It shows what the characters say.
C
It gives background information.
D
It illustrates internal dialogue.
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Which phrases from the excerpt best support the narrator’s confident tone? Select three options.

A
“people staring”
B
“head held high”
C
“smile to yourself”
D
“feel cheated”
E
“special bond”
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Read the excerpt from Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah.The Religious/Scriptures/Sacred stuff: I believe in Allah/God’s commandments contained in the Koran. God says men and women should act and dress modestly. The way I see it, I’d rather follow God’s fashion dictates than some ugly fake-tanned old fart in Milan who’s getting by on a pretty self-serving theory of less is more when it comes to female dress.

A
She does not follow a religious lifestyle.
B
She thinks that fashion is extremely important.
C
She is a dedicated and hard worker.
D
She will not let other people tell her how to dress.
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Read the excerpt from Persepolis.

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A
Satrapi’s mother became famous.
B
Satrapi was proud of her mother.
C
Satrapi’s mother feared for her life.
D
Satrapi wanted to dye her hair, too.
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Read the excerpt from Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah.I can’t sleep. What will Adam say?Adam? Who gives a crap about Adam?Not me. Uh-uh. Nope.He’ll probably laugh.Hey, that’s not fair. He’s not like that.

A
arrogant
B
anxious
C
nonchalant
D
angry
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Read the excerpt from Persepolis.Which element best illustrates the central idea of these panels?

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A
the caption in the first panel about the Arab conquest
B
the teacher’s annoyed expression and crossed arms
C
the narrator’s speech balloon about the wars
D
the teacher’s speech balloon asking Pardisse to go next
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What is the white space between and around panels in a graphic novel?

A
frames
B
gutters
C
layouts
D
captions

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