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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. On September 10, at what time does Sergio realize his grandmother is going to be worried about him?
2. Who will Aimee's mother be going to a meeting with on September 11?
3. Where does Aimee remember that she and her father ate on September 10 after school?
4. Who did Gideon tell Sergio that they pulled from a car on the West Side Highway?
5. How many passengers are on Flight 77?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sergio see when he is on his way home on September 11 and he joins other kids on a metal fence?
2. On September 11, what does the principal tell Sergio about skipping school the day before?
3. Where did Aimee and her father go for dinner after school on September 10, and what did they discuss?
4. What does Aimee remember about the year her mother started working?
5. Why does Claire leave when the boys are messing around after school at the abandoned strip mine?
6. What does Naheed want to do when she grows up and why?
7. What does Naheed know she should do at lunch on September 10, and what does she do?
8. What does Naheed think about when she performs the wudu?
9. What do Will and Claire see and hear as they are considering skipping school on September 11?
10. What does Naheed remember about receiving her first hajib?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Will discusses second chances with his mother. Why does Will discuss second chances with his mother? Why does he want a second chance for his father? Why do Will and his mother think that Frank would not make a different decision if he was given a second chance?
Essay Topic 2
Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story?
Essay Topic 3
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
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