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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. When Deja returns from Ben's house, she blurts out that she had not known about what historical event?
(a) She says she had not known what the Freedom Tower symbolized.
(b) She says that she had not known that a fourth plane had been bound for Washington, D.C. on 9/11.
(c) She says that she had not known that a plane had hit the Pentagon on 9/11.
(d) She says she had not known that planes hit the two towers on 9/11.

2. In what season does Pop always seem to get extra gloomy?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

3. In what years were the Twin Towers finished?
(a) 1930 and 1935.
(b) 1945 and 1946.
(c) 1973 and 1983.
(d) 1970 and 1971.

4. When insisting that Deja comply with his wishes, Pop insists that until she is 18, Deja is what?
(a) His baby.
(b) His responsibility.
(c) His property.
(d) Under his roof.

5. How many planes in all were hijacked on 9/11?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from the United Arab Emirates?

2. What item of clothing does Pop wear to walk Deja to school, causing Deja to say that she had not even known Pop had owned one?

3. What is NOT among the sounds Deja imagines emanating from the Twin Towers as she watches them burn in the video?

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

5. What does Sabeen's name mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sabeen's father comfort Deja during her visit to their home?

2. How is the theme of guilt brought up within the dinner at Sabeen's house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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