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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. From what location does Pop retrieve the item of clothing he wears to walk Deja to school?
2. In what type of house does Sabeen live?
3. What novel does Ben bring up in relation to the candy Sabeen brings from home?
4. What food does Deja name as "the only food Avalon cooks right" (144)?
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. 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)?
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. During Deja's father's visit to her school, what does he discover about Deja's teacher Miss Garcia?
4. What is the symbolism of Deja's father's briefcase?
5. How does being friends with Sabeen and Ben change Deja's negative outlook on her own life?
6. 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)?
7. What is the significance of Deja's realization that "History is alive" (101)?
8. How does Deja process the sight of people falling and leaping out of the windows of the Twin Towers on 9/11?
9. What is the significance of Deja leading her father through the streets of New York City?
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
Trace the characterization arc of Deja's character throughout the novel. Discuss whether she is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
How is the topic of knowledge treated within Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?
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