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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Small Groups - Recent Past, Far Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does Ben use when he sees that Deja has shown up to his house with Ray and Leda in tow?
(a) Nice.
(b) Bad.
(c) Weird.
(d) Cool.

2. Miss Garcia explains to the class that what element is the starting point for connecting to history?
(a) Family.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Home.
(d) Friends.

3. How many years ago does Miss Garcia say 9/11 happened?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

4. What tactic does Deja say her mother uses whenever Deja wants to talk about Pop?
(a) She leaves the room.
(b) She changes the subject.
(c) She says that some things are better left in the past.
(d) She says that when Pop is ready, he will share more with Deja.

5. From what country does Deja say her mother hails, prompting Sabeen's excitement about adding to the cultural map in the school hallway?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Sudan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deja says that both Ben's mother and Ma do the same thing when they are "pretending nothing's wrong" (79). What is that action?

2. How old is Deja's younger sister Leda, whom she watches every afternoon and evening?

3. What sort of job does Deja's mother have?

4. From what song is the epigraph of the novel Towers Falling taken?

5. What is a niquab?

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