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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deja do during the lunch period she spends in Miss Garcia's classroom?
(a) She does her math homework.
(b) She writes her missing essay.
(c) She washes Miss Garcia's whiteboards.
(d) She tells Miss Garcia about her father's situation.

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 gets free lunch from the cafeteria.
(c) She uses the coins her mother had given her to buy some chips from the vending machine.
(d) She brings a sack lunch from the shelter.

3. What does Ben say he plans to do when he is old enough to drive?
(a) Go back to Nevada.
(b) Go back to Arizona.
(c) Participate in low rider competitions.
(d) Drive race cars professionally.

4. From what country does Sabeen say she is from originally?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Somalia.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Turkey.

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

6. How does Deja say she feels when Ma thanks her for watching Ray and Leda?
(a) Good.
(b) Proud.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Angry.

7. What part of her name does Deja leave out when introducing herself to the class?
(a) Her nickname.
(b) Her last name.
(c) Her alias.
(d) Her middle name.

8. What is Deja's solution to needing to babysit and work on the group project at the same time?
(a) She takes only Ray with her to Ben's house.
(b) She takes Leda and Ray with her to Ben's house.
(c) She calls Ben and Sabeen on the phone.
(d) She posts her part of the project on Facebook.

9. Miss Garcia explains to the class that what element is the starting point for connecting to history?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Friends.
(c) Family.
(d) Home.

10. What does Miss Garcia tell the class about the paper dolls brought to school by Deja?
(a) She says that the paper dolls are an act of plagiarism since Ray had created them.
(b) She says that the paper dolls show how diversity is important.
(c) She says that the paper dolls could act as the class's Random Act of Kindness Project.
(d) She says that the paper dolls had perfectly expressed the meaning of home, since home is about people, not buildings.

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

12. How old is Deja's younger sister Leda, whom she watches every afternoon and evening?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

13. When Ben's mother Dora suggests that Sabeen call her Dora, for what reason does Sabeen decline?
(a) She says that she likes to be more formal.
(b) She says that she does not think she could bring herself to do it.
(c) She says that it would make her feel uncomfortable.
(d) She says her mother would not approve.

14. What scent does Deja say lingers around all of the students at her new school?
(a) Soap.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Deodorant.
(d) New clothes.

15. At whom is Ben's mother Dora yelling on the phone when Deja arrives at Ben's house?
(a) At Sabeen's father.
(b) At Ben's father.
(c) At Ben's older brother.
(d) At Miss Garcia.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is the first student to befriend Deja at her new school?

3. On the day when Deja is supposed to work on the school project with Sabeen and Ben, what happens to modify her plans?

4. In what grade is Deja?

5. While at Ben's house, Sabeen shares with Ben and Deja that she and her family do not go out on what day unless it is an emergency?

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