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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. What is NOT an element of Avalon Family Residence mentioned by Deja in her description?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Five people to a room.
(c) Peeling paint.
(d) Two families to a room.

2. How old is Deja's younger sister Leda, whom she watches every afternoon and evening?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

4. Miss Garcia tells Deja that if Deja misses one more homework assignment, she will have to take what action?
(a) She will have to meet with Deja's social worker.
(b) She will have to assign Deja a detention period.
(c) She will have to dock points from Deja's grade.
(d) She will have to meet with Deja's parents.

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 is a niquab?

2. How many people does Miss Garcia explain to the class had been killed in the attacks on the Twin Towers?

3. On the day when Deja is supposed to work on the school project with Sabeen and Ben, what happens to modify her plans?

4. Miss Garcia reveals that at the end of their 9/11 studies, they will cross what bridge to view the 9/11 Memorial?

5. When Pete says that Muslims had been responsible for 9/11, what is Sabeen's reply?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Deja's name and how do you think it will relate to coming events in the narrative?

2. How does Deja introduce herself to her new classmates and what does her choice reveal about her character?

3. For what reason is Deja resistant to her teacher's assigned essay topic of summer vacation?

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

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

6. Describe and analyze the author's use of chapter titles within the novel Towers Falling.

7. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Deja is mature beyond her years.

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

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

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

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