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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 ekmek, the food that is served at Sabeen's house during Deja's visit?
(a) Tea.
(b) Bread.
(c) Rice.
(d) Wine.
2. What food does Deja eat at Sabeen's that she thoroughly enjoys and had never eaten before then?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Hummus.
(c) Kalamata olives.
(d) Red peppers.
3. What is NOT among the sounds Deja imagines emanating from the Twin Towers as she watches them burn in the video?
(a) Crying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Crackles of lightning.
(d) Slicing through concrete, steel, and glass.
4. Reading her own essay helps Deja discover that doing so helps her to see what more clearly?
(a) Herself.
(b) The truth.
(c) Her family.
(d) The world.
5. In her "Being American" (127) essay, Deja states that "sometimes American history isn't" (127) what?
(a) Happy.
(b) Fair.
(c) Satisfactory.
(d) Clear.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Ben, Sabeen, and Deja watch the video of the 9/11 attacks, they walk back to class moving like what?
2. In what season does Pop always seem to get extra gloomy?
3. What action does Ben take that causes his mother to scold him as Deja is leaving Ben's house?
4. What is NOT an item Deja finds within Pop's briefcase when she sneaks back to the room to look inside?
5. Which of the following statements is true concerning the timeline of 9/11?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ben feel about his new home of New York City in relation to his previous home of Arizona?
2. How is the theme of guilt brought up within the dinner at Sabeen's house?
3. What makes Ben a good choice of partner when Deja needs someone to go with her to the 9/11 Memorial?
4. What is the symbolism of the Avalon Family Shelter's pancakes?
5. What are Sabeen's experiences with racism and Islamophobia?
6. 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?
7. How does Deja feel about her father's mysterious illness?
8. During Deja's father's visit to her school, what does he discover about Deja's teacher Miss Garcia?
9. What is the symbolism of Deja's father's briefcase?
10. What is the significance of Deja's realization that "History is alive" (101)?
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