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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. Who is always tasked with the responsibility of getting Leda and Ray ready for day care?
(a) Pop.
(b) Miss Garcia.
(c) Ma.
(d) Deja.

2. What sort of home does Ben's school project depict?
(a) Ben's drawing depicts a three-story townhouse.
(b) Ben's drawing depicts a mansion and a sprawling three-acre estate.
(c) Ben's drawing depicts a one-room apartment.
(d) Ben's drawing depicts a ranch house with horses and other animals.

3. From what song is the epigraph of the novel Towers Falling taken?
(a) Yankee Doodle.
(b) America the Beautiful.
(c) This Land is Your Land.
(d) My Country 'tis of Thee.

4. For what purpose does Ray create a set of interconnected paper dolls?
(a) As a present for Mother's Day.
(b) For a project in Deja's class about home.
(c) As a present for Father's Day.
(d) For a project in his class about family.

5. Deja remarks that her new school is like her old "school, except it's" (27) what?
(a) Harder.
(b) Smaller.
(c) Bigger.
(d) Easier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Garcia tell the class about the paper dolls brought to school by Deja?

2. After Deja writes a short essay and Miss Garcia tells Deja she can do better, what action does Miss Garcia take?

3. What sort of job does Deja's mother have?

4. What scent does Deja say lingers around all of the students at her new school?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the effect of Miss Garcia's comment to Deja that if she comes without her homework one more time, Miss Garcia will have to meet with her parents?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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