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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. Reading her own essay helps Deja discover that doing so helps her to see what more clearly?

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

3. What is the name of Deja's school that she attends with Ben and Sabeen?

4. How many of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from Lebanon?

5. In what years were the Twin Towers finished?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of Deja's father's briefcase?

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

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

4. What are Deja's ideas about what each member of her family needs in order to be happy?

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

6. What is the symbolism of mourning doves within the narrative?

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

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

9. 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)?

10. What does the baklava symbolize within the narrative when Deja gives a container of it to a homeless man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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