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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from Egypt?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 13.
(d) 6.

2. What action does Sabeen suggest that her group take first at the start of the building challenge?
(a) Brainstorm possible strategies aloud.
(b) Take measurements.
(c) Have a group hug.
(d) Sketch a design.

3. How many minutes after the North Tower was hit by a plane was the South Tower hit by a second plane?
(a) 17.
(b) 11.
(c) 33.
(d) 50.

4. In what season does Pop always seem to get extra gloomy?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

5. What is NOT a language Sabeen's mother speaks?
(a) English.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Arabic.

6. What do Sabeen and Deja do after dinner while the adults talk?
(a) Play the piano.
(b) Play checkers.
(c) Play Monopoly.
(d) Play hopscotch.

7. Who is NOT someone Deja names as someone she wishes she could talk to after watching the attacks of 9/11 on video?
(a) A teacher.
(b) Her social worker.
(c) Pop.
(d) Ma.

8. In what class does Deja learn about the creation of the Twin Towers?
(a) Archaeology.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Science.
(d) Social Studies.

9. How many times does Deja say she has seen Pop touch his briefcase?
(a) Three times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Once.
(d) Too many to count.

10. What does Sabeen's father do for work?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a dancer.
(c) He works construction.
(d) He is a dentist.

11. From what location does Pop retrieve the item of clothing he wears to walk Deja to school?
(a) From the cupboard.
(b) From the cafeteria.
(c) From the glove compartment of his car.
(d) From his briefcase.

12. Deja thinks that maybe seeing where the Twin Towers had stood will help her family do what?
(a) Understand each other better.
(b) Be kinder.
(c) Love each other again.
(d) Get out of Avalon.

13. What revelation does Pop make to Deja about Miss Garcia after he spends the day at her school?
(a) Miss Garcia had watched the Twin Towers burning in her senior year.
(b) Miss Garcia had watched the Twin Towers burning in ninth grade.
(c) Miss Garcia had watched the Twin Towers burning in third grade.
(d) Miss Garcia had watched the Twin Towers burning in fifth grade.

14. When Pop reaches Miss Garcia's classroom, he fixates on what sight?
(a) The American flag.
(b) The view across the river.
(c) Sabeen's mother.
(d) Miss Garcia's face.

15. What is the reason that Deja says she cannot visit the 9/11 Memorial on a weekend instead of skipping school?
(a) She thinks there will be too many crowds on the weekend.
(b) She wants her mother to be able to come with her.
(c) She would have to take Ray and Leda with her since there is no day care on weekends.
(d) She fears that her father would be more likely to catch her on a weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year had terrorists tried to bring down the World Trade Center prior to 9/11?

2. What class does Mr. Schmidt teach?

3. Ben shares with Deja that 9/11 had been the impetus for his dad's enrollment in what branch of the military?

4. Deja compares Mr. Schmidt to which Star Wars character?

5. Sabeen says that her father always tells her that "Sharing ideas is" (147) what?

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