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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class does Mr. Schmidt teach?

2. In what class does Deja learn about the creation of the Twin Towers?

3. What do Sabeen and Deja do after dinner while the adults talk?

4. What is NOT an element of the place Deja says her family lives and sleeps?

5. How many minutes after the North Tower was hit by a plane was the South Tower hit by a second plane?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How does Ben feel about his new home of New York City in relation to his previous home of Arizona?

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

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

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

8. 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)?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship among Deja, Ben, and Sabeen. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection among these three friends?

Essay Topic 2

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling.

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