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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Deja learn the name of her new teacher, even though the teacher forgets to introduce herself to the class?
(a) Deja speaks to the new teacher before class.
(b) Deja has received a letter with her new teacher's name on it.
(c) It is written on the whiteboard.
(d) The principal tells the class the name of their new teacher.

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

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

4. 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 SpongeBob in Times Square.
(b) The Big Bird in Times Square.
(c) The Minnie Mouse in Times Square.
(d) The naked cowboy in Times Square.

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

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

7. 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) Deja.
(c) Ben.
(d) Charles.

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

9. 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 mansion and a sprawling three-acre estate.
(c) Ben's drawing depicts a three-story townhouse.
(d) Ben's drawing depicts a ranch house with horses and other animals.

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

11. About what subject does Deja dread the teacher asking her to write an essay?
(a) Her summer vacation.
(b) Her hero.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her plans for the future.

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

13. Deja remarks to the reader that her friend Keisha had stopped speaking to her after what event happened?
(a) After Deja's family became homeless.
(b) After Deja's father was arrested.
(c) After summer had arrived.
(d) After Keisha's family had started attending church.

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

15. What does Ben say he plans to do when he is old enough to drive?
(a) Go back to Arizona.
(b) Go back to Nevada.
(c) Drive race cars professionally.
(d) Participate in low rider competitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deja do during the lunch period she spends in Miss Garcia's classroom?

2. What is a niquab?

3. After Deja writes a short essay and Miss Garcia tells Deja she can do better, what action does Miss Garcia take?

4. From what country does Sabeen say she is from originally?

5. What project does Deja share with the class when her other project has been destroyed?

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