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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dasani's siblings compare about their foster families?
(a) How they dress.
(b) How they eat.
(c) Their looks.
(d) Notes.

2. What type of education did Supreme finally earn?
(a) He didn't go back to school.
(b) A Bachelor's degree.
(c) A high school equivalency diploma.
(d) A Master's degree.

3. Why does Dasani go to detention?
(a) She talks during class.
(b) She fights with a student.
(c) She throws food in the cafeteria.
(d) She has an outburst on the bus.

4. Who is Auntie Joan?
(a) Longtime girlfriend of Chanel's brother Shamell.
(b) Lee Lee's mom.
(c) Shamell's aunt.
(d) Supreme's mistress.

5. What do the ACS workers tell Dasani at school?
(a) There was an accident at the house.
(b) Her siblings are being placed in foster care.
(c) She is being taken away.
(d) Her mom is using drugs again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Chanel become hooked on painkillers?

2. Why does Dasani feel completely helpless?

3. Who does Judge Lim grant child custody to?

4. Houseparents are hired to oversee how many students in a family home?

5. How many days does Chanel have to enroll in a new drug rehabilitation program?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolic about Dasani's graduation?

2. What does the imagery of water represent in the book in Chapter 36?

3. What is the fate of Khaliq in Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City?

4. What is methadone? What purpose does it serve? Who funds it?

5. Where does Dasani go for sanctuary in Chapter 30?

6. What is the “Knockout Game” and how does it enter into Dasani’s inspirational storyline?

7. How do readers see multigenerational poverty in this book?

8. Chapter 23 opens on who's nightmare of their childhood?

9. Later in Chapter 37, where do all of Dasani's siblings meet?

10. In Chapter 38, what is Dasani staring at in the mock courtroom?

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