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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 the first student to befriend Deja at her new school?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Sabeen.
(d) Ben.

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

3. How does Deja learn the name of her new teacher, even though the teacher forgets to introduce herself to the class?
(a) It is written on the whiteboard.
(b) Deja has received a letter with her new teacher's name on it.
(c) The principal tells the class the name of their new teacher.
(d) Deja speaks to the new teacher before class.

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

5. Deja remarks that her new school is like her old "school, except it's" (27) what?
(a) Bigger.
(b) Smaller.
(c) Easier.
(d) Harder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Deja ask Sabeen that causes Sabeen to start crying at Ben's house?

2. What is NOT an element of the house depicted within Sabeen's school project?

3. What does Deja do during the lunch period she spends in Miss Garcia's classroom?

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?

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

(see the answer key)

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