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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the reason that Deja does not get free lunches at school?
(a) She does not want to stand out from the other students.
(b) She likes the bagged lunches provided by the family shelter.
(c) Her parents do not want her to suffer the stigma associated with free lunches.
(d) She does not like the food in the cafeteria.

3. 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 social worker.
(b) She will have to assign Deja a detention period.
(c) She will have to dock points from Deja's grade.
(d) She will have to meet with Deja's parents.

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

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

6. For what purpose does Ray create a set of interconnected paper dolls?
(a) For a project in his class about family.
(b) As a present for Father's Day.
(c) For a project in Deja's class about home.
(d) As a present for Mother's Day.

7. How much does Deja's mother's pay get docked if she is even ten minutes late for work?
(a) Two hours' pay.
(b) One hour's pay.
(c) Thirty minutes' pay.
(d) Twenty minutes' pay.

8. What tactic does Deja say her mother uses whenever Deja wants to talk about Pop?
(a) She says that some things are better left in the past.
(b) She says that when Pop is ready, he will share more with Deja.
(c) She changes the subject.
(d) She leaves the room.

9. What is NOT an element of the house depicted within Sabeen's school project?
(a) The attic contains her uncle.
(b) The basement contains her grandmother.
(c) It is a ranch house with animals in the yard.
(d) It is three stories high.

10. When describing what homeless shelter gangs are all about, what is NOT an element listed by Deja?
(a) Keeping an eye out for what can be taken.
(b) Roaming.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Doing drugs.

11. Even though Deja is not enjoying school at the moment when the class discusses 9/11, she says that school is still better than what?
(a) Work.
(b) Sitting on the steps outside the shelter.
(c) Family.
(d) Home.

12. 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) Ben.
(b) Sabeen.
(c) Deja.
(d) Charles.

13. What is Deja's reaction when she thinks Charles is making fun of Ben in class?
(a) She writes a note about Charles's cruelty and passes the note to Sabeen.
(b) She raises her hand and asks Miss Garcia for a clarification.
(c) She shouts at Charles not to make fun of Ben and stands up with her fists clenched.
(d) She runs over and pushes Charles's desk onto the floor.

14. How many years ago does Miss Garcia say 9/11 happened?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

15. What is the difference between Miss Garcia's photo of the Manhattan skyline and the real skyline the children are viewing out the window?
(a) The Twin Towers are gone.
(b) In the photo, the Christmas Tree is in Rockefeller Center.
(c) The Statue of Liberty has moved.
(d) The Meatpacking district is now gentrified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deja say the shelter smells like?

2. Ben says that when one person dies, it ripples outward "like" (70) what?

3. What does Miss Garcia tell the class about the paper dolls brought to school by Deja?

4. In what grade are the boys who bully Ray?

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

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