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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is NOT an element of Ben's physical appearance?
(a) Very short hair.
(b) Freckles.
(c) A ponytail.
(d) Wire-rim glasses.

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

7. What comment does Dora make that causes Deja to view her with suspicion?
(a) She says that she would love to have a multicultural family of her own.
(b) She says she is happy to have a full house.
(c) She says that she hates Ben's father.
(d) She says that she wants to visit Deja's shelter someday.

8. What is NOT one way in which Deja describes her old school, in contrast to her new school with its classroom windows overlooking Manhattan?
(a) Windows overlooking a cesspool.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Metal fencing.
(d) An abandoned building next door.

9. What sort of job does Deja's mother have?
(a) She is a social worker.
(b) She is a stewardess.
(c) She is a waitress.
(d) She is a cook.

10. From what source does Deja get her lunch on the first day at her new school?
(a) She brings a sack lunch from the shelter.
(b) Ben and Sabeen share their lunch with her.
(c) She gets free lunch from the cafeteria.
(d) She uses the coins her mother had given her to buy some chips from the vending machine.

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

12. When Miss Garcia asks Deja what she wants for her future, what is Deja's reply?
(a) She says that she wants to buy a house.
(b) She says she does not want herself or her family to feel bad.
(c) She says that she wants to have a career she can be proud of.
(d) She says that she wants to become a doctor.

13. What project does Deja share with the class when her other project has been destroyed?
(a) The string of paper dolls Deja had created.
(b) The string of paper dolls Ma had created.
(c) The string of paper dolls Leda had created.
(d) The string of paper dolls Ray had created.

14. Who at her new school reminds Deja of her younger brother Ray?
(a) Ben.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Sabeen.

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

Short Answer 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?

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

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

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

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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