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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Deja remarks that Pop always experiences anxiety when taking what form of transportation?
(a) When riding the subway.
(b) When riding in a taxi.
(c) When driving a car.
(d) When flying in a plane.

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

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

6. 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) Metal fencing.
(b) An abandoned building next door.
(c) Windows overlooking a cesspool.
(d) Weeds.

7. Miss Garcia asks Deja to read the definition of what term during the class discussion about community?
(a) Social unit.
(b) Socioeconomic status.
(c) Group.
(d) Family.

8. 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.

9. How many people does Miss Garcia explain to the class had been killed in the attacks on the Twin Towers?
(a) Miss Garcia says 2,274 people died in the Twin Towers.
(b) Miss Garcia says 1,465 people died in the Twin Towers.
(c) Miss Garcia says 2,753 people died in the Twin Towers.
(d) Miss Garcia says 375 people died in the Twin Towers.

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 had perfectly expressed the meaning of home, since home is about people, not buildings.
(c) She says that the paper dolls show how diversity is important.
(d) She says that the paper dolls could act as the class's Random Act of Kindness Project.

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

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

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

14. Deja remarks that she does not remember the last time her mother took what action?
(a) Slept.
(b) Smiled.
(c) Yelled.
(d) Laughed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what subject does Deja dread the teacher asking her to write an essay?

2. What question does Deja ask Sabeen that causes Sabeen to start crying at Ben's house?

3. 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?

4. Miss Garcia tells Deja that if Deja misses one more homework assignment, she will have to take what action?

5. 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?

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