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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 an element of the place Deja says her family lives and sleeps?
(a) A cavernous warehouse.
(b) Dark shadows.
(c) Hidden feelings.
(d) A tiny, dim square.

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

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 she skip days when 9/11 lessons are scheduled.
(c) That Deja begin to be home-schooled.
(d) That her teacher be fired.

4. When Sabeen's father tells Deja that she would be a good Muslim, she replies that she just wants to be what?
(a) A kid.
(b) Rich.
(c) Okay.
(d) Good.

5. What is ekmek, the food that is served at Sabeen's house during Deja's visit?
(a) Tea.
(b) Rice.
(c) Wine.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What material does Deja say had acted as the Twin Towers' "bones" (155)?

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

3. What does Deja decide her mother needs above all else?

4. What revelation does Pop make to Deja about Miss Garcia after he spends the day at her school?

5. Reading her own essay helps Deja discover that doing so helps her to see what more clearly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

9. To what location is Deja referring when she says to Ben, "I've got to go see it. I've got to walk across the bridge" (165)?

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

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