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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day when Deja is supposed to work on the school project with Sabeen and Ben, what happens to modify her plans?
(a) Deja decides that she wants to work on her own part of the project before working with the group.
(b) Ma needs to take Pop to the clinic, so she needs Deja to watch Leda and Ray.
(c) Pop needs to take Ma to work, so he needs Deja to watch Leda and Ray.
(d) Pop needs to take Leda to the clinic, so he needs Deja to watch Ray.

2. How much does Deja's mother's pay get docked if she is even ten minutes late for work?
(a) Twenty minutes' pay.
(b) Two hours' pay.
(c) Thirty minutes' pay.
(d) One hour's pay.

3. Miss Garcia asks Deja to read the definition of what term during the class discussion about community?
(a) Socioeconomic status.
(b) Social unit.
(c) Group.
(d) Family.

4. Miss Garcia tells Deja that if Deja misses one more homework assignment, she will have to take what action?
(a) She will have to assign Deja a detention period.
(b) She will have to meet with Deja's social worker.
(c) She will have to dock points from Deja's grade.
(d) She will have to meet with Deja's parents.

5. How does Deja feel about math word problems?
(a) They make her feel dumb.
(b) She loves them.
(c) They make her feel smart.
(d) She hates them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Garcia reveals that at the end of their 9/11 studies, they will cross what bridge to view the 9/11 Memorial?

2. Deja says that both Ben's mother and Ma do the same thing when they are "pretending nothing's wrong" (79). What is that action?

3. What is the only word Deja says Ma ever uses in relation to Pop?

4. What sort of home does Ben's school project depict?

5. For what reason does Pop often groan in his sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sabeen's comment "Home is divine. Blessed by Allah" (50) demonstrate about her character?

2. What activity will comprise Miss Garcia's students' final element of their unit about 9/11?

3. What type of language does the author use in order to portray Deja, the novel's protagonist?

4. Explain the circumstances of Deja's exclamation, "He's always ruining my life!" (75).

5. What is the significance of Deja's mother's comment that, "A good woman has a clean house. Everything should be in its proper place"? (41)

6. For what reason is Deja resistant to her teacher's assigned essay topic of summer vacation?

7. What is the significance of Deja's name and how do you think it will relate to coming events in the narrative?

8. Describe the author's depiction of Deja's youth through the use of language.

9. What happens when Deja innocently remarks that her school project is "not just about home, it's about the missing towers" (45)?

10. How does Deja introduce herself to her new classmates and what does her choice reveal about her character?

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