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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What material does Deja say had acted as the Twin Towers' "bones" (155)?
(a) Glass.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Metal.
(d) Mortar.

3. 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 suitcase.
(d) A map.

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

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

6. After Ben, Sabeen, and Deja watch the video of the 9/11 attacks, they walk back to class moving like what?
(a) Sleepwalkers.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Robots.
(d) Automatons.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What novel does Ben bring up in relation to the candy Sabeen brings from home?
(a) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
(b) Of Mice and Men.
(c) The Borrowers.
(d) The Velveteen Rabbit.

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

14. What does Deja decide her father needs above all else?
(a) To get some rest.
(b) To stop feeling sorry for himself.
(c) To feel better and get a job.
(d) To see a psychiatrist.

15. In her "Being American" (127) essay, Deja states that "sometimes American history isn't" (127) what?
(a) Fair.
(b) Happy.
(c) Clear.
(d) Satisfactory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ben shares with Deja that 9/11 had been the impetus for his dad's enrollment in what branch of the military?

2. What is the name of Deja's school that she attends with Ben and Sabeen?

3. When Deja returns from Ben's house, she blurts out that she had not known about what historical event?

4. How does Mr. Schmidt define the term "ideologue"?

5. What is NOT among the sounds Deja imagines emanating from the Twin Towers as she watches them burn in the video?

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