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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. From what source does Deja get her lunch on the first day at her new school?
(a) She brings a sack lunch from the shelter.
(b) She gets free lunch from the cafeteria.
(c) She uses the coins her mother had given her to buy some chips from the vending machine.
(d) Ben and Sabeen share their lunch with her.

2. What sort of job does Deja's mother have?
(a) She is a waitress.
(b) She is a social worker.
(c) She is a cook.
(d) She is a stewardess.

3. While at Ben's house, Sabeen shares with Ben and Deja that she and her family do not go out on what day unless it is an emergency?
(a) On Rosh Hashanah.
(b) On September 11th.
(c) On the Fourth of July.
(d) On Memorial Day.

4. How much does Deja's mother's pay get docked if she is even ten minutes late for work?
(a) One hour's pay.
(b) Thirty minutes' pay.
(c) Two hours' pay.
(d) Twenty minutes' pay.

5. What is Deja's reaction when she thinks Charles is making fun of Ben in class?
(a) She writes a note about Charles's cruelty and passes the note to Sabeen.
(b) She raises her hand and asks Miss Garcia for a clarification.
(c) She runs over and pushes Charles's desk onto the floor.
(d) She shouts at Charles not to make fun of Ben and stands up with her fists clenched.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deja do during the lunch period she spends in Miss Garcia's classroom?

2. What is a niquab?

3. Miss Garcia tells Deja that if Deja misses one more homework assignment, she will have to take what action?

4. Deja remarks that she does not remember the last time her mother took what action?

5. From what country does Deja say her mother hails, prompting Sabeen's excitement about adding to the cultural map in the school hallway?

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