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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 melted walkie-talkie.
(c) Work clothes.
(d) A cracked mirror.

2. How does Pop reply when Deja tells him she does not want to leave her school?
(a) He grunts.
(b) He shrugs.
(c) He tells her to be quiet.
(d) He tells her that he knows.

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

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

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

6. 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) Ma.
(d) Pop.

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

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 squashed bug.
(c) A melted ice cream cone.
(d) A shard of glass.

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

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

11. In what years were the Twin Towers finished?
(a) 1930 and 1935.
(b) 1970 and 1971.
(c) 1973 and 1983.
(d) 1945 and 1946.

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

13. 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?
(a) Smart.
(b) Rude.
(c) Lovely.
(d) Polite.

14. Ben shares with Deja that 9/11 had been the impetus for his dad's enrollment in what branch of the military?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Navy.

15. What is the reason that Deja says she cannot visit the 9/11 Memorial on a weekend instead of skipping school?
(a) She wants her mother to be able to come with her.
(b) She fears that her father would be more likely to catch her on a weekend.
(c) She would have to take Ray and Leda with her since there is no day care on weekends.
(d) She thinks there will be too many crowds on the weekend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sabeen says that since 9/11, her Uncle Ahmet always gets held at the airport when he tries to fly home to what country?

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

4. In what season does Pop always seem to get extra gloomy?

5. What does Deja decide Ray needs above all else?

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