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

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

3. What does Chanel have to prove at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) That she can get good grades in school.
(b) That she had no other options before she could be admitted to the shelter.
(c) That she can drive.
(d) That her mom is drug free.

4. Who is the Mayor-elect in New York?
(a) Bill de Blasio.
(b) Henry Truman.
(c) Elle Trust.
(d) Harry Ford.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dasani's ritual at school?

2. When Chanel was 8, she found her mother’s what?

3. How old is Dasani?

4. Mr. Bloomberg tried to ban the sale of what beverage?

5. Dasani charts the patterns of Fort Greene Park by what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What sort of institution is Hershey? What sets it apart from other universities?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 13, where does Chanel meet Supreme when they first see each other?

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

(see the answer keys)

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