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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 among the sounds Deja imagines emanating from the Twin Towers as she watches them burn in the video?
(a) Crackles of lightning.
(b) Crying.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Slicing through concrete, steel, and glass.

2. What is the reason that Deja says she cannot visit the 9/11 Memorial on a weekend instead of skipping school?
(a) She fears that her father would be more likely to catch her on a weekend.
(b) She thinks there will be too many crowds on the weekend.
(c) She would have to take Ray and Leda with her since there is no day care on weekends.
(d) She wants her mother to be able to come with her.

3. At what time do Ben and Deja agree to meet on the day they skip school to visit the 9/11 Memorial?
(a) 9 a.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 8 a.m.

4. For what reason is Deja embarrassed when she must remove her shoes in the entryway of Sabeen's home?
(a) Because her feet smell.
(b) Because she has no socks on.
(c) Because her socks are stained.
(d) Because she has holes in her socks.

5. Which of the following statements is true concerning the timeline of 9/11?
(a) The North Tower was hit first and collapsed at the moment when the South Tower was hit.
(b) The North Tower was hit first, but collapsed only after the South Tower did.
(c) The South Tower and the North Tower were hit at the same time, but the North Tower collapsed first.
(d) The South Tower was hit first, but collapsed only after the South Tower did.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Schmidt tells the class that since 2001, America has been engaged in a war on what?

2. Sabeen says that her father always tells her that "Sharing ideas is" (147) what?

3. Deja laments the fact that if she goes to a new school as Pop wishes, her circle of friends will do what?

4. When Pop reaches Miss Garcia's classroom, he fixates on what sight?

5. In what year had terrorists tried to bring down the World Trade Center prior to 9/11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the significance of Deja's realization that "History is alive" (101)?

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

9. 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?

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

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