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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Deja remarks that she does not remember the last time her mother took what action?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Smiled.
(c) Slept.
(d) Yelled.

3. Deja remarks that her father is very scary when he gets mad. What is NOT an impetus Deja mentions as being capable of sparking her father's anger?
(a) Wind.
(b) Cold coffee.
(c) Paint on a shirt.
(d) Crowds.

4. How does Deja learn the name of her new teacher, even though the teacher forgets to introduce herself to the class?
(a) The principal tells the class the name of their new teacher.
(b) It is written on the whiteboard.
(c) Deja speaks to the new teacher before class.
(d) Deja has received a letter with her new teacher's name on it.

5. 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 September 11th.
(b) On Memorial Day.
(c) On Rosh Hashanah.
(d) On the Fourth of July.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Deja ask Sabeen that causes Sabeen to start crying at Ben's house?

2. What does Ben say he plans to do when he is old enough to drive?

3. When Miss Garcia first asks Deja which communities Deja belongs to, Deja gives only two answers initially. What are those two answers?

4. What is NOT one way in which Deja describes her old school, in contrast to her new school with its classroom windows overlooking Manhattan?

5. What adjective does Ben use when he sees that Deja has shown up to his house with Ray and Leda in tow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the author's depiction of Deja's youth through the use of language.

2. Explain the circumstances of Deja's exclamation, "He's always ruining my life!" (75).

3. Describe what the reader learns about Deja's father, Pop, in the chapter entitled New School.

4. In what way does Rhodes reveal Deja's family's level of poverty within her first visit to the cafeteria?

5. Explain the significance of Deja's initial reaction to the cultural map in the school hallway.

6. What is the purpose of the author's inclusion of the Mr. Schmidt character?

7. What object does Deja say is "the neatest thing in the whole room" (41) at the Avalon Family Shelter?

8. What is the significance of Deja's mother's comment that, "A good woman has a clean house. Everything should be in its proper place"? (41)

9. What aspects of Sabeen's home project cause Deja to act out?

10. Discuss the point of view utilized to tell the story of Towers Falling.

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