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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. In "A Waterfall of Flames," how many people are trapped in an elevator?

2. What color antenna is on the roof of the North Tower of the World Trade Center?

3. At what floor landing is the entire stairwell gone in "Rock to Fakie"?

4. What does Reshmina take from Pasoon while she prays in "Kochi"?

5. When Anaa was a girl in Kabul, what job did one of her sisters have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Reshmina's village like?

2. What does Reshmina remember about a time when she followed her brother up into the mountains a year or two ago?

3. What does the lobby of the North Tower look like?

4. What do Richard and Brandon find on the 90th floor in "A Waterfall of Flames"?

5. How does Reshmina nearly get hurt in "The Apache"?

6. Why does Brandon slip out of the restaurant?

7. Where does Brandon's father work, and what is it like?

8. How does Brandon get out of the elevator when it is stuck?

9. Where does Brandon find help after he leaves the elevator?

10. What people do Reshmina and Pasoon encounter in "Kochi," and what are the people like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brandon and his father are very close. How has the death of Brandon’s mother drawn Brandon and Leo together? How and why are they a team?

Essay Topic 2

Brandon and Reshmina begin their day confident and secure. What do Brandon and Reshmina experience on September 11 in their respective time periods? How do the situations they encounter make them feel helpless and powerless?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not history?

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