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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Chanel first noticed white people?
(a) In Nordstrom.
(b) At school.
(c) In “the Stuy” after a snowstorm swept Brooklyn in the late 1990s.
(d) At a bar.

2. How does Dasani get to school?
(a) Her mom drives her.
(b) She takes the train.
(c) Her dad drives her.
(d) School Bus.

3. What is the Five Percent Nation?
(a) A growing movement whose followers believe they are the chosen “5 percent” of humanity.
(b) A shelter.
(c) A school.
(d) A house.

4. What is the Auburn Family Residence?
(a) A house.
(b) A park.
(c) A school.
(d) A city-run shelter for the homeless.

5. How many homeless children are in New York?
(a) 600.
(b) 22,000.
(c) 300.
(d) 10,000.

6. Who does Dasani share her apartment with?
(a) Her mom.
(b) Her siblings.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her parents and seven siblings.

7. What is methadone?
(a) A brand of coke.
(b) A pair of jeans.
(c) The A/C.
(d) Synthetic analgesic drug.

8. What is Chanel's caseworker nickname?
(a) Mr. Shorty.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) Mr. Fredericks.
(d) Mr. Lucky.

9. How did Dasani learn to spot a social worker?
(a) The cars they drive.
(b) Their scarves.
(c) The way they walk.
(d) The type of bags they hold.

10. What does the Coates family eat in their home?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Leftover Chinese.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Oreos.

11. What race is Miss Hester?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Native American.
(d) Indian.

12. What is Dasani's first chore that she does around the house in Chapter 1?
(a) She mops.
(b) She changes, dresses and feeds Baby Lele.
(c) She doesn't have chores.
(d) She unloads the dishes.

13. Dasani’s circumstances are largely the outcome of what?
(a) Crime.
(b) Obesity.
(c) Parental dysfunction.
(d) Not going to school.

14. Dasani's attendance is being closely tracked by whom?
(a) Her mom.
(b) Her teacher.
(c) Her boss.
(d) A social worker.

15. Miss Hester sometimes arrives to school in what fasion?
(a) Pants from the 70's.
(b) An orange top.
(c) Trousers.
(d) Audrey Hepburn updo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Coates children in the Chapter 1 sleep in?

2. How many sqaure feet is Dasani's residence?

3. Who is June Sykes?

4. How old is Dasani?

5. Dasani and her siblings routinely pass a glistening, 38-story glass tower on Myrtle Avenue called what?

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