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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New School - Ruined Weekend.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what source does Deja get her lunch on the first day at her new school?
(a) She uses the coins her mother had given her to buy some chips from the vending machine.
(b) Ben and Sabeen share their lunch with her.
(c) She gets free lunch from the cafeteria.
(d) She brings a sack lunch from the shelter.

2. What is the difference between Miss Garcia's photo of the Manhattan skyline and the real skyline the children are viewing out the window?
(a) The Twin Towers are gone.
(b) The Meatpacking district is now gentrified.
(c) The Statue of Liberty has moved.
(d) In the photo, the Christmas Tree is in Rockefeller Center.

3. Who at her new school reminds Deja of her younger brother Ray?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Ben.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Sabeen.

4. Deja remarks to the reader that her friend Keisha had stopped speaking to her after what event happened?
(a) After summer had arrived.
(b) After Deja's family became homeless.
(c) After Deja's father was arrested.
(d) After Keisha's family had started attending church.

5. Who is always tasked with the responsibility of getting Leda and Ray ready for day care?
(a) Deja.
(b) Pop.
(c) Ma.
(d) Miss Garcia.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Pop often groan in his sleep?

2. In what grade is Deja?

3. For what purpose does Ray create a set of interconnected paper dolls?

4. From what country does Sabeen say she is from originally?

5. When describing what homeless shelter gangs are all about, what is NOT an element listed by Deja?

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