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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stuck Inside My Head - School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Talking quickly.
(b) Stretching their lips too wide in a smile.
(c) Looking at the floor.
(d) Using many hand gestures.

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

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) Charles.
(c) Ben.
(d) Deja.

4. 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 September 11th.
(b) She asks Sabeen why her family does not leave the house on the Fourth of July.
(c) She asks Sabeen why her family does not leave the house on Rosh Hashanah.
(d) She asks Sabeen why her family does not leave the house on Memorial Day..

5. Miss Garcia tells Deja that if Deja misses one more homework assignment, she will have to take what action?
(a) She will have to meet with Deja's parents.
(b) She will have to meet with Deja's social worker.
(c) She will have to dock points from Deja's grade.
(d) She will have to assign Deja a detention period.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason that Deja does not get free lunches at school?

2. What is NOT one way in which Deja describes her old school, in contrast to her new school with its classroom windows overlooking Manhattan?

3. When Deja returns from Ben's house, she blurts out that she had not known about what historical event?

4. Where does Deja take Leda and Ray after her own outburst toward her father Pop?

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

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