Vocab
calm, undisturbed, placid
a. infraction
b. burden
c. serene
d. frantic
serene
Will's hometown, and the crash site of Flight 93?
Shanksville, PA
Name the figurative language in the following example:
"Instinctively, Naheed adjusted her veil; it was her thinking cap."
Metaphor
This character lost his or her father in a tragic accident.
Will
Why did the four main characters make the pilgrimage to New York City on September 11, 2002?
To pay their respects at the World Trade Center memorial site, on the one year anniversary of the attacks.
What is a synonym for din?
a. silence
b. commotion
c. workplace
d. boredom
commotion
Name the character who calls Columbus, OH home.
Naheed
Name the type of figurative language:
"...the blood ran freely from his head like a river..."
simile
This character misses his or her mother who is on a work trip.
Aimee
When Sergio returns from Chicago, who shows up at his apartment, and why?
Sergio's biological father, Paul. He has come to claim his son's prize money.
Use hijab appropriately in a sentence.
*answers will vary
Aimee and her father moved to ______________, while her mother stayed back for a job interview in _______________.
Los Angeles, New York City
Name the objects being compared in the following:
"The two huge machines faced each other, with their tall metal booms stretched out at an angle, like two medieval horsemen with their long swords tipped forward."
machines and medieval horsemen
This character is befriended by a kind firefighter who takes him or her under his wing.
Sergio
Explain thoroughly what Aimee did that potentially saved her mother's life.
She called her the morning of her mother's meeting in the WTC, crying, needing her mother, which caused her mother to make the choice to stay behind to comfort her daughter, making her miss the meeting, and thus sparing her life from the terrorist attacks.
Which of the following is an antonym for hostility?
a. friendliness
b. anger
c. boredom
d. sleepiness
friendliness
Name the target of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York City (where Aimee's mom was set to have a meeting).
World Trade Center
"The doors hissed closed and the train lurched forward."
What type of figurative language is the italicized word?
onomatopoeia
This character struggles between societal and religious expectations.
Naheed
Explain, in detail, the conflict between Naheed and Eliza.
In an uncharacteristically cruel moment, Naheed called Eliza a hurtful name that others heard and teased her about, all because Eliza drew unwelcome attention to Naheed's headscarf (hijab), a sensitive subject for Naheed and the source of shame that she is trying to work through.
Naheed knew something was wrong when she saw the _________ expressions on the teachers at the assembly.
a. unfathomable
b. primitive
c. conspiring
d. solemn
solemn
City that Sergio calls home?
Brooklyn, New York
"But her stomach spoke instead, with a loud grumbling roar..."
What type of figurative language is used in the example above?
personification
This character is Will's love interest.
Claire
Where, precisely, did each attack occur on September 11, 2001?
What was the death toll from that tragic day? (approximate, if needed)
1. World Trade Center (North and South Towers) in NYC
2. Pentagon building, Washington, D.C.
3. a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania
2,977