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WorksheetsTowers Falling Chapters 15-29 Reading Check
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What happens on the day that Deja's father accompanies her to school?
Deja's father transfers her out of the school and they leave after music class.
Deja's father drops her off at Miss Garcia's room and she later walks home alone.
Deja's father spends the day speaking to Principal Thompson about the curriculum.
Deja's father attends all of Deja's classes with her.
Deja says 9/11 broke something in ...
NY
the world
Pop
her heart
How was Miss Garcia connected to 9/11?
She owns the Towers Falling book.
She was a fifth grader when the Towers fell.
She used to work with Dèja's dad.
She used to live close to the Twin Towers.
What treat does Sabeen bring to school that her mother has made?
Turkish Delight
brownies
German cookies
crepes
Why did Ben and Deja go to the memorial on a school day?
Deja didn't want to see Sabeen at school.
It would be more crowded on the weekend.
Deja would have to bring Ray and Leda on the weekend.
Ben couldn't go on the weekend.
What do Ben and Deja do on the subway with Sabeen's gift of baklava ?
They finished it and threw in the trash bin.
Ben saved it in his backpack.
Deja gave it to the police officer in the subway.
Deja gave it to a homeless man.
How are memorials marked on the victim's birthday at World Trade Center memorial?
With a yellow ribbon.
With a pink ribbon.
With a small flag.
With a white rose.
What does Pop tell Deja in Chapter 26: The Talk?
How he met her mother.
His 9/11 story.
That he used to be a teacher.
How much trouble she is in for skipping school.
What had NOT changed at the end of the story?
Leda stopped using her pacifier & pull-ups.
Ray went to school.
They were moving into a subsidized apartment.
Pop had new doctors and was doing better.
All of these things happened at the end.
Which of the following has happened by the end of the book?
Deja's family had been to Sabeen's house.
Deja had been to Ben's ranch in Texas.
Miss Garcia had dinner at Deja's house.
Ben, Sabeen, and Deja took a trip together.
At the end of Towers Falling Deja wrote
"What Always Changes"
"What Doesn't Ever Change"
"What Changes Every Year"
"Why I Always Change"
What's one trait/emotion that would describe Dèja at the end of the story?
anxious
hopeful
stressed
surprised
Deja's dad worked as a
security guard
receptionist
bank investor
stock broker
Which planes affected Deja's dad? The ones that hit...
the Pentagon.
the World Trade Towers.
the Empire State Building.
the White House.
Why did Ben know so much about the towers?
9/11 was the reason why Ben's dad joined the Marines.
Ben's dad was a history teacher.
Ben's mom worked in the towers but she was sick that day.
Ben's parents work for the government so they talk about it a lot.
Choose the statement that is FALSE.
Terrorists don't represent a single nation.
Terrorists are narrow-minded people, incapable of independent thought and critical thinking.
There have been many terrorist attacks on American soil.
Since 2001 America has been engaged in a new kind of war - a war on terror.
How did Ben, Sabeen, and Deja watch a video of the Towers falling?
Ben's smartphone
the school computer
the social studies teacher showed it in class
They didn't.
Where is Ben from?
NY
Arizona
Florida
Washington
What does Deja find in her father's suitcase?
a photo of the Barnes Family and teddy bear
his last paycheck receipt and work keys
his work clothes and work badge / name tag
a bible
