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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Our Stop - Field Trip.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Deja ask Sabeen that causes Sabeen to start crying at Ben's house?
(a) She asks Sabeen why her family does not leave the house on Memorial Day..
(b) She asks Sabeen why her family does not leave the house on Rosh Hashanah.
(c) She asks Sabeen why her family does not leave the house on the Fourth of July.
(d) She asks Sabeen why her family does not leave the house on September 11th.

2. While at Ben's house, Sabeen shares with Ben and Deja that she and her family do not go out on what day unless it is an emergency?
(a) On Rosh Hashanah.
(b) On September 11th.
(c) On the Fourth of July.
(d) On Memorial Day.

3. Even though Deja is not enjoying school at the moment when the class discusses 9/11, she says that school is still better than what?
(a) Work.
(b) Sitting on the steps outside the shelter.
(c) Home.
(d) Family.

4. What class does Mr. Schmidt teach?
(a) English.
(b) Math.
(c) Geography.
(d) History.

5. From what song is the epigraph of the novel Towers Falling taken?
(a) Yankee Doodle.
(b) America the Beautiful.
(c) This Land is Your Land.
(d) My Country 'tis of Thee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Deja make to her father that causes Deja's mother to demand that Deja apologize?

2. What sort of job does Deja's mother have?

3. Deja remarks that her father is very scary when he gets mad. What is NOT an impetus Deja mentions as being capable of sparking her father's anger?

4. In what type of house does Sabeen live?

5. What comment does Dora make that causes Deja to view her with suspicion?

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