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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. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from the United Arab Emirates?
(a) 1.
(b) 13.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

3. How many times does Deja say she has seen Pop touch his briefcase?
(a) Once.
(b) Three times.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Twice.

4. When terrorists tried to bring down the Twin Towers prior to 9/11, what did they use in their attempt?
(a) A truck bomb.
(b) A flame thrower.
(c) A wrecking ball.
(d) An airplane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does Mr. Schmidt define the term "ideologue"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is demonstrated about Deja's character arc when she says, "I feel like I've passed the biggest test. Just by being me" (114)?

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

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

4. 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)?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

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