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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. Both of Dasani’s parents would rather spend money and time on what item?
(a) At the park.
(b) On school.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Clothes.

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

3. How long has Dasani lived in Auburn Family Residence for?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

4. How do Chanel and Supreme meet?
(a) At a burger joint.
(b) On the train.
(c) At a shelter.
(d) At work.

5. 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) They spend all their money on rent.
(d) Chanel buys drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Coates family live at the beginning of the book?

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

3. Who knows for months that Chanel is getting high on opiates?

4. What does Chanel have to prove at the end of Chapter 12?

5. What lives in the rotting wall where the Coates family live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Five Percent Nation?

2. How has Dasani’s school experience changed since the start of term?

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

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

5. What are Dasani’s goals in Chapter 11?

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

7. In Chapter 1, who is the article about?

8. Who is “the lost generation”?

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

10. What are some difficulties the family faces in Chapter 10?

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