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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. In what type of house does Sabeen live?
(a) A Victorian house.
(b) An Eichler house.
(c) A small ranch house.
(d) A large brick house.

2. What does Sabeen's father do for work?
(a) He is a dentist.
(b) He works construction.
(c) He is a dancer.
(d) He is a lawyer.

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

4. When Pop reaches Miss Garcia's classroom, he fixates on what sight?
(a) Sabeen's mother.
(b) The American flag.
(c) The view across the river.
(d) Miss Garcia's face.

5. When Sabeen's whole family is waiting for her grandmother's reaction to Deja, what kind of girl does Sabeen's grandmother tell Deja that she is?
(a) Lovely.
(b) Rude.
(c) Smart.
(d) Polite.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sabeen's father tells Deja that she would be a good Muslim, she replies that she just wants to be what?

2. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from Egypt?

3. What are Deja's parents doing when she returns to the Avalon shelter from Ben's house?

4. Deja thinks that maybe seeing where the Twin Towers had stood will help her family do what?

5. What food does Deja eat at Sabeen's that she thoroughly enjoys and had never eaten before then?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major realization does Deja have at the end of the day when Pop visits her school?

2. How does Deja process the sight of people falling and leaping out of the windows of the Twin Towers on 9/11?

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

4. What is the symbolism of the Avalon Family Shelter's pancakes?

5. How does being friends with Sabeen and Ben change Deja's negative outlook on her own life?

6. How does Deja feel about her father's mysterious illness?

7. What is the symbolism of Deja's father's briefcase?

8. What are Sabeen's experiences with racism and Islamophobia?

9. What are Deja's ideas about what each member of her family needs in order to be happy?

10. 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?

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