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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Small Groups - Recent Past, Far Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Deja say the shelter smells like?
(a) Feet.
(b) Soured food.
(c) Dirty clothes.
(d) Urine.

3. What project does Deja share with the class when her other project has been destroyed?
(a) The string of paper dolls Deja had created.
(b) The string of paper dolls Ma had created.
(c) The string of paper dolls Ray had created.
(d) The string of paper dolls Leda had created.

4. 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?
(a) Wind.
(b) Paint on a shirt.
(c) Crowds.
(d) Cold coffee.

5. What is a niquab?
(a) A type of fish.
(b) A clerical collar.
(c) A type of prayer robe.
(d) A garment for modesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ben's mother Dora suggests that Sabeen call her Dora, for what reason does Sabeen decline?

2. Deja says that both Ben's mother and Ma do the same thing when they are "pretending nothing's wrong" (79). What is that action?

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?

4. Deja remarks that she does not remember the last time her mother took what action?

5. Who at her new school reminds Deja of her younger brother Ray?

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