View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deja do when Ben tells Deja and Sabeen to close their eyes before the plane hits the South Tower in the video?
(a) She closes her eyes.
(b) She calls her father.
(c) She turns away but sneaks peeks.
(d) She watches.

2. How many people died building the Twin Towers?
(a) 60.
(b) 6.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

3. In her "Being American" (127) essay, Deja states that "sometimes American history isn't" (127) what?
(a) Satisfactory.
(b) Clear.
(c) Fair.
(d) Happy.

4. When Sabeen's father tells Deja that she would be a good Muslim, she replies that she just wants to be what?
(a) Rich.
(b) Okay.
(c) Good.
(d) A kid.

5. What event led to America's entry into World War II?
(a) Emperor Hirohito's abdication.
(b) The attack on Pearl Harbor.
(c) Hitler's invasion of Poland.
(d) Emperor Hirohito's suicide.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Deja take Leda and Ray after her own outburst toward her father Pop?

3. What action does Sabeen suggest that her group take first at the start of the building challenge?

4. Deja muses at one point that "History is alive. Especially if there's" (100) what?

5. What is NOT among the sounds Deja imagines emanating from the Twin Towers as she watches them burn in the video?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does being friends with Sabeen and Ben change Deja's negative outlook on her own life?

3. How does Deja process the sight of people falling and leaping out of the windows of the Twin Towers on 9/11?

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

5. How does Ben feel about his new home of New York City in relation to his previous home of Arizona?

6. How is the theme of guilt brought up within the dinner at Sabeen's house?

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

8. What is the significance of Deja's realization that "History is alive" (101)?

9. What are Sabeen's experiences with racism and Islamophobia?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,147 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample