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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pop reaches Miss Garcia's classroom, he fixates on what sight?
(a) The view across the river.
(b) The American flag.
(c) Miss Garcia's face.
(d) Sabeen's mother.

2. What food does Deja eat at Sabeen's that she thoroughly enjoys and had never eaten before then?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Red peppers.
(c) Hummus.
(d) Kalamata olives.

3. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from Egypt?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 13.
(d) 3.

4. What does Deja decide Ray needs above all else?
(a) To feel better and get a job.
(b) To take a vacation.
(c) To get to kindergarten.
(d) To get some rest.

5. What is Deja's proposed solution for answering her question about how a plane could make a whole tower fall down?
(a) She wants to visit the 9/11 Memorial.
(b) She wants to write a letter to the president.
(c) She wants to watch a video of the attacks.
(d) She wants to hear the audio tapes of the victims' voices.

6. What do Sabeen and Deja do after dinner while the adults talk?
(a) Play Monopoly.
(b) Play checkers.
(c) Play hopscotch.
(d) Play the piano.

7. Reading her own essay helps Deja discover that doing so helps her to see what more clearly?
(a) The truth.
(b) Her family.
(c) The world.
(d) Herself.

8. What is NOT an item Deja finds within Pop's briefcase when she sneaks back to the room to look inside?
(a) An employee ID in her father's name.
(b) A cracked mirror.
(c) A melted walkie-talkie.
(d) Work clothes.

9. When Deja returns from Ben's house, she blurts out that she had not known about what historical event?
(a) She says that she had not known that a plane had hit the Pentagon on 9/11.
(b) She says that she had not known that a fourth plane had been bound for Washington, D.C. on 9/11.
(c) She says she had not known that planes hit the two towers on 9/11.
(d) She says she had not known what the Freedom Tower symbolized.

10. What action does Ben take that causes his mother to scold him as Deja is leaving Ben's house?
(a) Ben tells Sabeen that she should not be so bossy.
(b) Ben shows Deja a video of the Twin Towers being hit by a plane.
(c) Ben pushes Sabeen on her way down the stairs.
(d) Ben forgets to wave as Deja's father drives away.

11. What are Deja's parents doing when she returns to the Avalon shelter from Ben's house?
(a) They are looking through Pop's briefcase.
(b) They are having a heated argument.
(c) They are cleaning up the room.
(d) They are sitting on the big bed holding hands.

12. When Sabeen's father tells Deja that she would be a good Muslim, she replies that she just wants to be what?
(a) A kid.
(b) Okay.
(c) Rich.
(d) Good.

13. Deja muses that if she let them, lots of people would make her feel like a what?
(a) A shard of glass.
(b) A piece of gum on the bottom of a shoe.
(c) A squashed bug.
(d) A melted ice cream cone.

14. How many times does Deja say she has seen Pop touch his briefcase?
(a) Twice.
(b) Once.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Three times.

15. What does Deja decide her mother needs above all else?
(a) To see a marriage counselor.
(b) To feel better and get a job.
(c) To get some rest.
(d) To take a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her "Being American" (127) essay, Deja states that "sometimes American history isn't" (127) what?

2. Deja thinks that maybe seeing where the Twin Towers had stood will help her family do what?

3. Deja compares Mr. Schmidt to which Star Wars character?

4. When Deja meets Ben the morning of their visit to the 9/11 Memorial, what object does she see that convinces her that Ben is prepared?

5. In what class does Deja learn about the creation of the Twin Towers?

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