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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. What food does Deja eat at Sabeen's that she thoroughly enjoys and had never eaten before then?
2. For what reason is Deja embarrassed when she must remove her shoes in the entryway of Sabeen's home?
3. What is the name of Deja's school that she attends with Ben and Sabeen?
4. How many people died building the Twin Towers?
5. What class does Mr. Schmidt teach?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is demonstrated about Deja's character arc when she says, "I feel like I've passed the biggest test. Just by being me" (114)?
2. What is the connection between Pop's briefcase and Deja's realization that "Pop survived 9/11" (146)?
3. How does Deja feel about her father's mysterious illness?
4. What is the symbolism of Deja's father's briefcase?
5. What is the symbolism of the Avalon Family Shelter's pancakes?
6. To what location is Deja referring when she says to Ben, "I've got to go see it. I've got to walk across the bridge" (165)?
7. How does Ben feel about his new home of New York City in relation to his previous home of Arizona?
8. What major realization does Deja have at the end of the day when Pop visits her school?
9. How is the theme of guilt brought up within the dinner at Sabeen's house?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.
Essay Topic 3
How is the topic of knowledge treated within Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?
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