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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 is NOT an element of Avalon Family Residence mentioned by Deja in her description?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Five people to a room.
(c) Two families to a room.
(d) Peeling paint.

2. What word does Angel suggest as an alternative to units within the class discussion?
(a) Groups.
(b) Objects.
(c) People.
(d) Things.

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

4. What is the reason that Deja does not get free lunches at school?
(a) Her parents do not want her to suffer the stigma associated with free lunches.
(b) She likes the bagged lunches provided by the family shelter.
(c) She does not like the food in the cafeteria.
(d) She does not want to stand out from the other students.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade are the boys who bully Ray?

2. When Miss Garcia asks Deja what she wants for her future, what is Deja's reply?

3. How many years ago does Miss Garcia say 9/11 happened?

4. What is the only word Deja says Ma ever uses in relation to Pop?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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)

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