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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. Deja compares Mr. Schmidt to which Star Wars character?
(a) Yoda.
(b) R2D2.
(c) Darth Vader.
(d) Jabba the Hut.

2. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia?
(a) 6.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. When insisting that Deja comply with his wishes, Pop insists that until she is 18, Deja is what?
(a) His property.
(b) His baby.
(c) Under his roof.
(d) His responsibility.

4. For what two reasons does Deja decide she would not tell Ray about 9/11?
(a) He is too sensitive and the topic is too real.
(b) He is too much of a dreamer and the topic is too real.
(c) He is particularly prone to nightmares and the topic is too scary.
(d) He is too little and the topic is too scary.

5. How does Pop reply when Deja tells him she does not want to leave her school?
(a) He tells her that he knows.
(b) He shrugs.
(c) He grunts.
(d) He tells her to be quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people died building the Twin Towers?

2. What reason does Ben give for saying that Sabeen should ask her parents before she reads the book he is recommending?

3. What revelation does Pop make to Deja about Miss Garcia after he spends the day at her school?

4. How many minutes after the North Tower was hit by a plane was the South Tower hit by a second plane?

5. When Deja returns from Ben's house, she blurts out that she had not known about what historical event?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Deja's reason for feeling that she must skip school in order to visit the 9/11 Memorial on a weekday?

2. For what reason does Deja keep from her father the fact that she has watched a video of a plane flying into one of the Twin Towers on 9/11?

3. How does Sabeen's father comfort Deja during her visit to their home?

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

5. What makes Ben a good choice of partner when Deja needs someone to go with her to the 9/11 Memorial?

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

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

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

9. How does Deja feel about her father's mysterious illness?

10. During Deja's father's visit to her school, what does he discover about Deja's teacher Miss Garcia?

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