1. From what song is the epigraph of the novel Towers Falling taken?
(a) This Land is Your Land.
(b) America the Beautiful.
(c) My Country 'tis of Thee.
(d) Yankee Doodle.

2. What comment does Deja make to her father that causes Deja's mother to demand that Deja apologize?
(a) She says that she should not have to watch her younger siblings.
(b) She says that her father is a drain on the family.
(c) She says that her father is always sick.
(d) She says that her father is ruining her life.

3. For what item does the crying man next to Deja and Ben at the 9/11 Memorial ask Ben?
(a) Ben's sketch.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) The time.
(d) A hug.

4. For what reason does Deja think Sabeen and Ben have become her friends?
(a) Because they are unpopular.
(b) Because they are poor.
(c) For no reason.
(d) Because they feel sorry for her.

5. What novel does Ben bring up in relation to the candy Sabeen brings from home?
(a) Of Mice and Men.
(b) The Velveteen Rabbit.
(c) The Borrowers.
(d) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Deja do when Ben tells Deja and Sabeen to close their eyes before the plane hits the South Tower in the video?

3. What element of the 9/11 Memorial does Deja say she had not expected?

4. In what class does Deja learn about the creation of the Twin Towers?

5. What part of her name does Deja leave out when introducing herself to the class?

(see the answer key)

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