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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Deja says that both Ben's mother and Ma do the same thing when they are "pretending nothing's wrong" (79). What is that action?
(a) Talking quickly.
(b) Using many hand gestures.
(c) Stretching their lips too wide in a smile.
(d) Looking at the floor.

2. What word does Angel suggest as an alternative to units within the class discussion?
(a) Objects.
(b) Things.
(c) People.
(d) Groups.

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

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

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

6. What is NOT an item that Deja names within her description of the things she always has to tell Leda and Ray the family cannot afford?
(a) Video games.
(b) Clothes without patches.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Nickelodeon.

7. 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) In the photo, the Christmas Tree is in Rockefeller Center.
(b) The Twin Towers are gone.
(c) The Statue of Liberty has moved.
(d) The Meatpacking district is now gentrified.

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

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

10. 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?
(a) Cold coffee.
(b) Paint on a shirt.
(c) Crowds.
(d) Wind.

11. What element of New York City is brought up during a class discussion, causing Deja to think mistakenly that the class is making fun of Ben?
(a) The Minnie Mouse in Times Square.
(b) The Big Bird in Times Square.
(c) The SpongeBob in Times Square.
(d) The naked cowboy in Times Square.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Garcia asks Deja to read the definition of what term during the class discussion about community?

2. What adjective does Ben use when he sees that Deja has shown up to his house with Ray and Leda in tow?

3. 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?

4. For what reason does Deja leave out part of her name when she introduces herself to the class?

5. How many people does Miss Garcia explain to the class had been killed in the attacks on the Twin Towers?

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