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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. Whenever Deja asks about the contents of Pop's briefcase, what is Ma's reply?
(a) She tells Deja that inside the briefcase are items from the safe deposit box the family used to rent.
(b) She tells Deja that inside the briefcase are items from Ma's inheritance.
(c) She tells Deja that inside the briefcase are items from Pop's rock collection.
(d) She tells Deja that inside the briefcase are items from Pop's last good job.

2. How much does Deja's mother's pay get docked if she is even ten minutes late for work?
(a) Two hours' pay.
(b) Thirty minutes' pay.
(c) One hour's pay.
(d) Twenty minutes' pay.

3. When Miss Garcia calls the students to the window, points to the Manhattan skyline, and asks them to find what is different between the current skyline and the picture of the skyline she is holding, who is the first student to notice the difference?
(a) Sabeen.
(b) Deja.
(c) Charles.
(d) Ben.

4. From what country does Deja say her mother hails, prompting Sabeen's excitement about adding to the cultural map in the school hallway?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Barbados.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what song is the epigraph of the novel Towers Falling taken?

2. For what reason does Deja think Sabeen and Ben have become her friends?

3. When Pete says that Muslims had been responsible for 9/11, what is Sabeen's reply?

4. What scent does Deja say lingers around all of the students at her new school?

5. Who is always tasked with the responsibility of getting Leda and Ray ready for day care?

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