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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. Who is June Sykes?

2. What race is Miss Hester?

3. What do the people declare Gracie Mansion as?

4. What year did Supreme leave prison?

5. When did Chanel first noticed white people?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the Five Percent Nation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Fort Greene one place or two separate neighborhoods? Discuss the upsides and downsides to gentrification, contrasting the wealthy part of Fort Greene with the area where Dasani lives.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What are the factors that caused Dasani to leave Hershey? What, if anything, could have prevented that outcome?

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