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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. Deja thinks that maybe seeing where the Twin Towers had stood will help her family do what?
(a) Get out of Avalon.
(b) Love each other again.
(c) Understand each other better.
(d) Be kinder.

2. Ben shares with Deja that 9/11 had been the impetus for his dad's enrollment in what branch of the military?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Army.

3. What action does Pop demand be taken when Deja says that the school is teaching her about 9/11?
(a) That Deja begin to be home-schooled.
(b) That she transfer schools.
(c) That her teacher be fired.
(d) That she skip days when 9/11 lessons are scheduled.

4. What action does Sabeen suggest that her group take first at the start of the building challenge?
(a) Take measurements.
(b) Sketch a design.
(c) Brainstorm possible strategies aloud.
(d) Have a group hug.

5. What novel does Ben bring up in relation to the candy Sabeen brings from home?
(a) The Borrowers.
(b) The Velveteen Rabbit.
(c) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
(d) Of Mice and Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of house does Sabeen live?

2. What is Deja's proposed solution for answering her question about how a plane could make a whole tower fall down?

3. When terrorists tried to bring down the Twin Towers prior to 9/11, what did they use in their attempt?

4. For what reason is Deja embarrassed when she must remove her shoes in the entryway of Sabeen's home?

5. Deja compares Mr. Schmidt to which Star Wars character?

Short Essay Questions

1. During Deja's father's visit to her school, what does he discover about Deja's teacher Miss Garcia?

2. For what reason does Deja keep from her father the fact that she has watched a video of a plane flying into one of the Twin Towers on 9/11?

3. How is the novel's motif of sound depicted within the scene when Deja watches the video of a plane hitting the first Twin Tower?

4. What is the symbolism of mourning doves within the narrative?

5. What makes Ben a good choice of partner when Deja needs someone to go with her to the 9/11 Memorial?

6. What is the significance of Deja leading her father through the streets of New York City?

7. What is Deja's reason for feeling that she must skip school in order to visit the 9/11 Memorial on a weekday?

8. How does Ben feel about his new home of New York City in relation to his previous home of Arizona?

9. What is the connection between Pop's briefcase and Deja's realization that "Pop survived 9/11" (146)?

10. What does the baklava symbolize within the narrative when Deja gives a container of it to a homeless man?

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