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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. What is Dasani's ritual at school?

2. What reason does Chanel fall in love with Supreme?

3. How do Chanel and Supreme meet?

4. What is found expired during Danali's morning chores?

5. Who is Jenedra?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does drug addiction play in Dasani’s situation in Chapter 14?

2. What school does Dasani go to in Chapter 2?

3. What is the Five Percent Nation?

4. What is the irony of the characters' names in Chapter 13?

5. Where does Dasani and her family live in Chapter 1? Describe this place and the neighborhood/school?

6. What extracurricular activities at Hershey does Dasani enjoy?

7. How has Dasani’s school experience changed since the start of term?

8. In Chapter 13, where does Chanel meet Supreme when they first see each other?

9. In Chapter 1, who is the article about?

10. What people, other than Desani, are involved in the novel? What are their relationships?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What surprised you the most about Dasani’s story?

Essay Topic 2

How does America’s history of racism and Black disenfranchisement intersect with the story of Dasani’s family? What government policies and social inequities have impacted this family over time?

Essay Topic 3

Does proximity to wealth make Dasani’s life better or more difficult?

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