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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. When Miss Garcia asks Deja what she wants for her future, what is Deja's reply?
(a) She says that she wants to buy a house.
(b) She says that she wants to become a doctor.
(c) She says she does not want herself or her family to feel bad.
(d) She says that she wants to have a career she can be proud of.

2. Who at her new school reminds Deja of her younger brother Ray?
(a) Sabeen.
(b) Ben.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Jacqueline.

3. How does Deja learn the name of her new teacher, even though the teacher forgets to introduce herself to the class?
(a) The principal tells the class the name of their new teacher.
(b) It is written on the whiteboard.
(c) Deja has received a letter with her new teacher's name on it.
(d) Deja speaks to the new teacher before class.

4. What tactic does Deja say her mother uses whenever Deja wants to talk about Pop?
(a) She says that when Pop is ready, he will share more with Deja.
(b) She says that some things are better left in the past.
(c) She changes the subject.
(d) She leaves the room.

5. What does Deja do during the lunch period she spends in Miss Garcia's classroom?
(a) She tells Miss Garcia about her father's situation.
(b) She washes Miss Garcia's whiteboards.
(c) She writes her missing essay.
(d) She does her math homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Garcia tells Deja that if Deja misses one more homework assignment, she will have to take what action?

2. What is the difference between Miss Garcia's photo of the Manhattan skyline and the real skyline the children are viewing out the window?

3. What is the reason that Deja does not get free lunches at school?

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

5. What does Ben say he plans to do when he is old enough to drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe and analyze the author's use of chapter titles within the novel Towers Falling.

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

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

4. Describe what the reader learns about Deja's father, Pop, in the chapter entitled New School.

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. How does Deja discover that Ben is not close to his father?

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

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

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

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

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