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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 does Dasani get to school?

2. What does Chanel have to prove at the end of Chapter 12?

3. At the shelter, Dasani spends countless hours with her siblings playing what?

4. What role does school play in Dasani’s life?

5. What is Chanel's caseworker nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What responsibilities does Dasani have in Chapter 1?

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

3. What are the family’s goals in Chapter 10?

4. What was Supreme's childhood like in Chapter 9?

5. What are some difficulties Dasani faces in Chapter 4?

6. Why does Dasani want to attend the Milton Hershey school?

7. What aspects of Elliott's reporting differ from conventional journalism?

8. Chanel is what type of a mother in Chapter 1?

9. What are the indications of income inequality in Dasani’s neighborhood? Be detailed.

10. What are Dasani’s goals in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does achieving conventional success require Dasani to disconnect from her family, culture, or identity? Is that a price worth paying, or even a fair price to ask?

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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