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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sabeen do when Ben tells Deja and Sabeen to close their eyes before the plane hits the South Tower in the video?
(a) She turns away but sneaks peeks.
(b) She starts to cry.
(c) She watches.
(d) She closes her eyes.

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

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

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

5. Deja laments the fact that if she goes to a new school as Pop wishes, her circle of friends will do what?
(a) Stretch.
(b) Break.
(c) Wilt.
(d) Melt.

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

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

8. When Deja returns from Ben's house, she blurts out that she had not known about what historical event?
(a) She says she had not known what the Freedom Tower symbolized.
(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 that she had not known that a plane had hit the Pentagon on 9/11.

9. What action does Pop demand be taken when Deja says that the school is teaching her about 9/11?
(a) That her teacher be fired.
(b) That she transfer schools.
(c) That Deja begin to be home-schooled.
(d) That she skip days when 9/11 lessons are scheduled.

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

11. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia?
(a) 15.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event led to America's entry into World War II?

2. What revelation does Pop make to Deja about Miss Garcia after he spends the day at her school?

3. Which of the following statements is true concerning the timeline of 9/11?

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

5. When insisting that Deja comply with his wishes, Pop insists that until she is 18, Deja is what?

(see the answer keys)

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