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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Deja's proposed solution for answering her question about how a plane could make a whole tower fall down?
(a) She wants to watch a video of the attacks.
(b) She wants to hear the audio tapes of the victims' voices.
(c) She wants to write a letter to the president.
(d) She wants to visit the 9/11 Memorial.

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

3. 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 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 much of a dreamer and the topic is too real.

4. What is NOT a language Sabeen's mother speaks?
(a) English.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Turkish.

5. 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) Be kinder.
(d) Love each other again.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Reading her own essay helps Deja discover that doing so helps her to see what more clearly?
(a) The world.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her family.
(d) The truth.

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

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

15. How many planes in all were hijacked on 9/11?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class does Mr. Schmidt teach?

2. What do Sabeen and Deja do after dinner while the adults talk?

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

4. How many people died building the Twin Towers?

5. What action does Ben take that causes his mother to scold him as Deja is leaving Ben's house?

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