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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) A backpack.
(b) A pair of binoculars.
(c) A map.
(d) A suitcase.

2. How many people died building the Twin Towers?
(a) 60.
(b) 16.
(c) 6.
(d) 11.

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

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

5. Sabeen says that her father always tells her that "Sharing ideas is" (147) what?
(a) Fun.
(b) Crucial.
(c) Good.
(d) Complicated.

6. At what time do Ben and Deja agree to meet on the day they skip school to visit the 9/11 Memorial?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 8 a.m.
(c) 9 a.m.
(d) 7 a.m.

7. Where does Deja take Leda and Ray after her own outburst toward her father Pop?
(a) To the showers.
(b) To the cafeteria.
(c) To the taco truck.
(d) To the ice cream parlor.

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

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

10. 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 tie.
(b) A cravat.
(c) A hat.
(d) A pair of suspenders.

11. Mr. Schmidt tells the class that since 2001, America has been engaged in a war on what?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Terror.
(c) Welfare.
(d) Drugs.

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

13. What revelation does Pop make to Deja about Miss Garcia after he spends the day at her school?
(a) Miss Garcia had watched the Twin Towers burning in her senior year.
(b) Miss Garcia had watched the Twin Towers burning in fifth grade.
(c) Miss Garcia had watched the Twin Towers burning in third grade.
(d) Miss Garcia had watched the Twin Towers burning in ninth grade.

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

15. Deja thinks that maybe seeing where the Twin Towers had stood will help her family do what?
(a) Get out of Avalon.
(b) Understand each other better.
(c) Love each other again.
(d) Be kinder.

Short Answer Questions

1. When terrorists tried to bring down the Twin Towers prior to 9/11, what did they use in their attempt?

2. What action does Sabeen suggest that her group take first at the start of the building challenge?

3. What is Deja's reply to Sabeen's father's query about whether she prays or not?

4. What action does Pop demand be taken when Deja says that the school is teaching her about 9/11?

5. When Sabeen's whole family is waiting for her grandmother's reaction to Deja, what kind of girl does Sabeen's grandmother tell Deja that she is?

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