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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 year did Supreme leave prison?
(a) 2010.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2001.

2. Why is the Coates family low on funds in Chapter 21?
(a) The income tax return money has all but vanished.
(b) They buy too much food.
(c) Chanel buys drugs.
(d) They spend all their money on rent.

3. What expression does Miss Hester favor?
(a) Sweet Jesus.
(b) Done deal.
(c) Okie pokie dokie shmokie.
(d) Lord Have Mercy.

4. Dasani charts the patterns of Fort Greene Park by what?
(a) Skin color.
(b) Shapes.
(c) Boundaries.
(d) Ethnicity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dasani want to go to school?

2. What kind of school does Dasani go to?

3. Chanel is exposed to what virus at the shelter in Queens?

4. Both of Dasani’s parents would rather spend money and time on what item?

5. Dasani’s homeroom at McKinney has what phrase written on the walls?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is “the lost generation”?

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

3. What do Dasani and the children sleep on in Auburn?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the Five Percent Nation?

9. What responsibilities does Dasani have in Chapter 1?

10. What role does drug addiction play in Dasani’s situation?

(see the answer keys)

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