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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. The communal bathroom closest to Dasani is reminiscent of what movie?
(a) Shark Tank.
(b) Forrest Gump/
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
(d) Peter Rabbit.

2. How did the Mayor-elect rise to power?
(a) He has money.
(b) He has power.
(c) He was voted.
(d) He denounces the city’s inequality.

3. Fort Greene's city boundaries form the shape of what?
(a) A pitcher.
(b) A baseball mit.
(c) A sock.
(d) A coke bottle.

4. What lives in the rotting wall where the Coates family live?
(a) Huge Rodents.
(b) Cats.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Mice.

5. The women in Chanel's family usually do what?
(a) Never had kids.
(b) Never married.
(c) Always married.
(d) Always had kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the wine shop located where Chanel gets a drink?

2. The homeless children in New York is the highest number since what?

3. Kenneth Durieux, a caseworker, is charged with what?

4. What does Dasani call the metal detector and the tall, iron fence in her apartment complex?

5. In 2004, the Bloomberg administration adopted new policies intended to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do social workers represent to Dasani in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

5. What responsibilities does Dasani have in Chapter 1?

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

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

8. What is the Five Percent Nation?

9. What extracurricular activities at Hershey does Dasani enjoy?

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

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