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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. Where does Deja take Leda and Ray after her own outburst toward her father Pop?
(a) To the cafeteria.
(b) To the showers.
(c) To the taco truck.
(d) To the ice cream parlor.

2. What action does Ben take that causes his mother to scold him as Deja is leaving Ben's house?
(a) Ben tells Sabeen that she should not be so bossy.
(b) Ben shows Deja a video of the Twin Towers being hit by a plane.
(c) Ben pushes Sabeen on her way down the stairs.
(d) Ben forgets to wave as Deja's father drives away.

3. Mr. Schmidt tells the class that since 2001, America has been engaged in a war on what?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Welfare.
(d) Terror.

4. What is NOT an element of the place Deja says her family lives and sleeps?
(a) Hidden feelings.
(b) A cavernous warehouse.
(c) Dark shadows.
(d) A tiny, dim square.

5. How many people died building the Twin Towers?
(a) 16.
(b) 6.
(c) 11.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deja compares Mr. Schmidt to which Star Wars character?

2. What does Sabeen do when Ben tells Deja and Sabeen to close their eyes before the plane hits the South Tower in the video?

3. In what years were the Twin Towers finished?

4. For what two reasons does Deja decide she would not tell Ray about 9/11?

5. What does Deja decide Ray needs above all else?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What makes Ben a good choice of partner when Deja needs someone to go with her to the 9/11 Memorial?

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

8. What does the baklava symbolize within the narrative when Deja gives a container of it to a homeless man?

9. During Deja's father's visit to her school, what does he discover about Deja's teacher Miss Garcia?

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

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