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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is NOT someone Deja names as someone she wishes she could talk to after watching the attacks of 9/11 on video?
(a) Her social worker.
(b) A teacher.
(c) Pop.
(d) Ma.

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

3. What is the name of Deja's school that she attends with Ben and Sabeen?
(a) Queens Collective Elementary.
(b) Brooklyn Collective Elementary.
(c) Manhattan Collective Elementary.
(d) Staten Island Collective Elementary.

4. What does Sabeen's father do for work?
(a) He is a dentist.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is a dancer.
(d) He works construction.

5. When insisting that Deja comply with his wishes, Pop insists that until she is 18, Deja is what?
(a) Under his roof.
(b) His property.
(c) His responsibility.
(d) His baby.

6. What food does Deja name as "the only food Avalon cooks right" (144)?
(a) Meatloaf.
(b) Toast.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Spaghetti.

7. What item of clothing does Pop wear to walk Deja to school, causing Deja to say that she had not even known Pop had owned one?
(a) A hat.
(b) A pair of suspenders.
(c) A cravat.
(d) A tie.

8. In what class does Deja learn about the creation of the Twin Towers?
(a) Science.
(b) Social Studies.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Archaeology.

9. What is NOT an element of the place Deja says her family lives and sleeps?
(a) A tiny, dim square.
(b) Dark shadows.
(c) A cavernous warehouse.
(d) Hidden feelings.

10. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from the United Arab Emirates?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 13.
(d) 1.

11. What is ekmek, the food that is served at Sabeen's house during Deja's visit?
(a) Tea.
(b) Wine.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rice.

12. Deja muses at one point that "History is alive. Especially if there's" (100) what?
(a) A movie.
(b) Proof.
(c) Visual evidence.
(d) Video.

13. For what two reasons does Deja decide she would not tell Ray about 9/11?
(a) He is too much of a dreamer and the topic is too real.
(b) He is particularly prone to nightmares and the topic is too scary.
(c) He is too sensitive and the topic is too real.
(d) He is too little and the topic is too scary.

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

15. What action does Sabeen suggest that her group take first at the start of the building challenge?
(a) Sketch a design.
(b) Take measurements.
(c) Have a group hug.
(d) Brainstorm possible strategies aloud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deja laments the fact that if she goes to a new school as Pop wishes, her circle of friends will do what?

2. In what year had terrorists tried to bring down the World Trade Center prior to 9/11?

3. What are Deja's parents doing when she returns to the Avalon shelter from Ben's house?

4. How many times does Deja say she has seen Pop touch his briefcase?

5. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia?

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