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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Deja remarks that her new school is like her old "school, except it's" (27) what?

3. What comment does Deja make to her father that causes Deja's mother to demand that Deja apologize?

4. What is NOT an element of the house depicted within Sabeen's school project?

5. Even though Deja is not enjoying school at the moment when the class discusses 9/11, she says that school is still better than what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when Deja innocently remarks that her school project is "not just about home, it's about the missing towers" (45)?

6. 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)

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

8. What activity will comprise Miss Garcia's students' final element of their unit about 9/11?

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

10. What is the effect of Miss Garcia's comment to Deja that if she comes without her homework one more time, Miss Garcia will have to meet with her parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's message regarding patriotism in Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling.

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