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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. How old is Deja's younger sister Leda, whom she watches every afternoon and evening?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

2. From what source does Deja get her lunch on the first day at her new school?
(a) Ben and Sabeen share their lunch with her.
(b) She brings a sack lunch from the shelter.
(c) She uses the coins her mother had given her to buy some chips from the vending machine.
(d) She gets free lunch from the cafeteria.

3. When Ben's mother Dora suggests that Sabeen call her Dora, for what reason does Sabeen decline?
(a) She says her mother would not approve.
(b) She says that she does not think she could bring herself to do it.
(c) She says that it would make her feel uncomfortable.
(d) She says that she likes to be more formal.

4. Deja remarks that her father is very scary when he gets mad. What is NOT an impetus Deja mentions as being capable of sparking her father's anger?
(a) Cold coffee.
(b) Paint on a shirt.
(c) Crowds.
(d) Wind.

5. 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?
(a) Talking quickly.
(b) Stretching their lips too wide in a smile.
(c) Looking at the floor.
(d) Using many hand gestures.

Short Answer 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?

2. What word does Angel suggest as an alternative to units within the class discussion?

3. Ben says that when one person dies, it ripples outward "like" (70) what?

4. Miss Garcia asks Deja to read the definition of what term during the class discussion about community?

5. How does Deja learn the name of her new teacher, even though the teacher forgets to introduce herself to the class?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the significance of Deja's initial reaction to the cultural map in the school hallway.

2. What aspects of Sabeen's home project cause Deja to act out?

3. What does Deja's reluctance to find Ben's mother sincere show about her character?

4. Discuss the point of view utilized to tell the story of Towers Falling.

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

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

7. For what reason does Deja's sympathy for Ben surprise her?

8. 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)

9. In what way does Rhodes reveal Deja's family's level of poverty within her first visit to the cafeteria?

10. What is the purpose of the author's inclusion of the Mr. Schmidt character?

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