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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 of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia?

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

3. What does Sabeen's name mean?

4. What class does Mr. Schmidt teach?

5. What is NOT a language Sabeen's mother speaks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the significance of Deja leading her father through the streets of New York City?

10. 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)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write a critical essay about Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel Towers Falling using the first person point-of-view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?

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