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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Deja feel about math word problems?
(a) She loves them.
(b) They make her feel dumb.
(c) She hates them.
(d) They make her feel smart.

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

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

4. 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 gets free lunch from the cafeteria.
(d) She uses the coins her mother had given her to buy some chips from the vending machine.

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?
(a) Sabeen.
(b) Ben.
(c) Charles.
(d) Deja.

6. What is NOT an element of Avalon Family Residence mentioned by Deja in her description?
(a) Peeling paint.
(b) Two families to a room.
(c) Five people to a room.
(d) Cockroaches.

7. What sort of home does Ben's school project depict?
(a) Ben's drawing depicts a one-room apartment.
(b) Ben's drawing depicts a three-story townhouse.
(c) Ben's drawing depicts a mansion and a sprawling three-acre estate.
(d) Ben's drawing depicts a ranch house with horses and other animals.

8. 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 375 people died in the Twin Towers.
(c) Miss Garcia says 2,753 people died in the Twin Towers.
(d) Miss Garcia says 1,465 people died in the Twin Towers.

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

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

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

12. When Miss Garcia first asks Deja which communities Deja belongs to, Deja gives only two answers initially. What are those two answers?
(a) School and Brooklyn.
(b) Family and New York City.
(c) Family and school.
(d) Friends and school.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what reason does Pop often groan in his sleep?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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