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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Small Groups - Recent Past, Far Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Deja learn the name of her new teacher, even though the teacher forgets to introduce herself to the class?
(a) It is written on the whiteboard.
(b) The principal tells the class the name of their new teacher.
(c) Deja has received a letter with her new teacher's name on it.
(d) Deja speaks to the new teacher before class.

2. What is NOT one way in which Deja describes her old school, in contrast to her new school with its classroom windows overlooking Manhattan?
(a) Weeds.
(b) An abandoned building next door.
(c) Windows overlooking a cesspool.
(d) Metal fencing.

3. Who at her new school reminds Deja of her younger brother Ray?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Ben.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Sabeen.

4. What is the difference between Miss Garcia's photo of the Manhattan skyline and the real skyline the children are viewing out the window?
(a) In the photo, the Christmas Tree is in Rockefeller Center.
(b) The Twin Towers are gone.
(c) The Statue of Liberty has moved.
(d) The Meatpacking district is now gentrified.

5. What comment does Deja make to her father that causes Deja's mother to demand that Deja apologize?
(a) She says that she should not have to watch her younger siblings.
(b) She says that her father is always sick.
(c) She says that her father is ruining her life.
(d) She says that her father is a drain on the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what subject does Deja dread the teacher asking her to write an essay?

2. Who suggests to the teacher that she introduce the new students?

3. What is NOT an item that Deja names within her description of the things she always has to tell Leda and Ray the family cannot afford?

4. How old is Deja's younger sister Leda, whom she watches every afternoon and evening?

5. Ben says that when one person dies, it ripples outward "like" (70) what?

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