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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Meatpacking district is now gentrified.
(d) The Statue of Liberty has moved.

2. Who suggests to the teacher that she introduce the new students?
(a) Deja.
(b) Sabeen.
(c) Ben.
(d) Jacqueline.

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

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

5. In what grade is Deja?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Fourth.

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

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

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

9. What is a niquab?
(a) A type of prayer robe.
(b) A clerical collar.
(c) A garment for modesty.
(d) A type of fish.

10. Ben says that when one person dies, it ripples outward "like" (70) what?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Rays of light.
(c) Waves.
(d) Disease.

11. On the day when Deja is supposed to work on the school project with Sabeen and Ben, what happens to modify her plans?
(a) Pop needs to take Ma to work, so he needs Deja to watch Leda and Ray.
(b) Ma needs to take Pop to the clinic, so she needs Deja to watch Leda and Ray.
(c) Pop needs to take Leda to the clinic, so he needs Deja to watch Ray.
(d) Deja decides that she wants to work on her own part of the project before working with the group.

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

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

14. Who is always tasked with the responsibility of getting Leda and Ray ready for day care?
(a) Deja.
(b) Miss Garcia.
(c) Ma.
(d) Pop.

15. 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 tells Miss Garcia about her father's situation.
(d) She washes Miss Garcia's whiteboards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deja's solution to needing to babysit and work on the group project at the same time?

2. What sort of home does Ben's school project depict?

3. When Miss Garcia first asks Deja which communities Deja belongs to, Deja gives only two answers initially. What are those two answers?

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

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

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