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

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

3. How many years ago does Miss Garcia say 9/11 happened?
(a) 20.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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

5. Who is the first student to befriend Deja at her new school?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Sabeen.
(c) Ben.
(d) Jacqueline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of New York City is brought up during a class discussion, causing Deja to think mistakenly that the class is making fun of Ben?

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

3. Deja remarks that her new school is like her old "school, except it's" (27) what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Deja is mature beyond her years.

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

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

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

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

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