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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. For what reason does Deja think Sabeen and Ben have become her friends?
(a) For no reason.
(b) Because they feel sorry for her.
(c) Because they are unpopular.
(d) Because they are poor.

2. What is NOT an item that Deja names within her description of the things she always has to tell Leda and Ray the family cannot afford?
(a) Video games.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Nickelodeon.
(d) Clothes without patches.

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

4. In what grade are the boys who bully Ray?
(a) Second grade.
(b) Seventh grade.
(c) Third grade.
(d) Fifth grade.

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

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 tactic does Deja say her mother uses whenever Deja wants to talk about Pop?

3. Deja remarks that she does not remember the last time her mother took what action?

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

5. What question does Deja ask Sabeen that causes Sabeen to start crying at Ben's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What effect does Miss Garcia's guidance have on Deja?

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

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

5. What object does Deja say is "the neatest thing in the whole room" (41) at the Avalon Family Shelter?

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

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

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

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

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

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