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Worksheets"The hijab represents..." Newsela Article Test
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 47mins
How would you feel if you HAD to wear a hijab anytime you left your home?
Proud
Embarrassed
Irritated
Angry
To set free or release someone from control, duties, limits, or prison is...
tolerate
nuance
resonate
liberate
The intolerance of other ideas, races and/or religions is...
bigotry
feminism
liberation
modesty
The quality of behaving, speaking and dressing in a decent, non-revealing way is called having...
liberation
modesty
Islamophobia
bigotry
When something resonates, it echoes and vibrates.
True
False
If you are Islamophobic, you could be viewed as a bigot.
True
False
A hijab goes beyond the head scarf.
True
False
If someone gave you explicit directions to the party, you'd probably get lost.
True
False
The central idea of a text is...
the main point of the text
includes as much info. as possible about the text
The most common place for readers to locate the central idea is...
the title
the first paragraph
the third paragraph
the caption
A summary is an average of three complete paragraphs long.
True
False
An objective summary includes one's feelings and opinions.
True
False
The author includes information about Dilara Sayeed, a woman who wears a hijab, first. What is a reason why the author chooses to provide information about Sayeed's father next?
to explain the traditional view that Sayeed's father has about wearing a hijab
to show how Sayeed has been affected by her father's views about wearing a hijab
to show that Sayeed's father thinks she should be older before she wears a hijab
to explain that Sayeed has a different view from her father about wearing a hijab
What is the MAIN reason the author includes the section "Hannah El-Amin"?
to explain how faith is the reason that some women choose to wear a hijab
to reinforce the idea that women wearing a hijab have successful careers and act professionally
to describe the hostility that a woman wearing a hijab has faced at her workplace
to give an example of why it is wrong to judge a woman because she wears a hijab
People who are Islamophobic are fearful of and do not like to see women wearing hijabs.
Which of the following BEST explains how the author's perspective is different?
The author thinks women who wear hijabs are shy and quiet and do not pose a threat to anyone.
The author believes that women who wear hijabs should be viewed and accepted as regular people.
The author thinks some women who wear hijabs are a threat but that others should be accepted.
The author believes that women who wear hijabs are religious and therefore strive to be good people.
Read the following claim:
Women who wear hijabs are acting in an un-American way.
How would the women interviewed for the article MOST likely respond to this claim?
We wear hijabs because it gives us strength to stand up to those who think we are un-American.
We wear hijabs as a way to protest those things about America that we think need to be changed.
We wear hijabs because we have the right to express ourselves as we choose in America.
We wear hijabs mainly because we want people to learn about our un-American ways.
LAFS.8.R.I. 1.2
In five complete sentences, write an Objective Summary of the article.
