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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. How many minutes after the North Tower was hit by a plane was the South Tower hit by a second plane?
2. Ben shares with Deja that 9/11 had been the impetus for his dad's enrollment in what branch of the military?
3. Deja compares Mr. Schmidt to which Star Wars character?
4. What food does Deja name as "the only food Avalon cooks right" (144)?
5. What are Deja's parents doing when she returns to the Avalon shelter from Ben's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Deja leading her father through the streets of New York City?
2. What makes Ben a good choice of partner when Deja needs someone to go with her to the 9/11 Memorial?
3. How does Deja feel about her father's mysterious illness?
4. What is the significance of Deja's realization that "History is alive" (101)?
5. To what location is Deja referring when she says to Ben, "I've got to go see it. I've got to walk across the bridge" (165)?
6. What does the baklava symbolize within the narrative when Deja gives a container of it to a homeless man?
7. How is the theme of guilt brought up within the dinner at Sabeen's house?
8. How does Deja process the sight of people falling and leaping out of the windows of the Twin Towers on 9/11?
9. What is the symbolism of Deja's father's briefcase?
10. What is Deja's reason for feeling that she must skip school in order to visit the 9/11 Memorial on a weekday?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the author's focus on the theme of transformation in the novel Towers Falling. What message is the author sending about change and about one other theme of your choice?
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of Miss Garcia's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Miss Garcia and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays this character in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling using the first person point-of-view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?
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