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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 food does Deja eat at Sabeen's that she thoroughly enjoys and had never eaten before then?

2. What action does Ben take that causes his mother to scold him as Deja is leaving Ben's house?

3. How many planes in all were hijacked on 9/11?

4. After Ben, Sabeen, and Deja watch the video of the 9/11 attacks, they walk back to class moving like what?

5. In what season does Pop always seem to get extra gloomy?

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. 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?

4. How is Deja's open-minded nature depicted within her visit to Sabeen's house?

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

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

7. What is the symbolism of the Avalon Family Shelter's pancakes?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the author's message regarding patriotism in Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?

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