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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 did Chanel become hooked on painkillers?
(a) She had heart failure.
(b) She stopped using after she got married.
(c) She had tuberculosis.
(d) She never became hooked on drugs.

2. Houseparents are hired to oversee how many students in a family home?
(a) 10.
(b) 8-12.
(c) 25.
(d) 2-6.

3. Dasani’s family boarded the ferry to go to the homeless shelter in what city?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Jordan.

4. What is Chanel's new job?
(a) Shoveling snow.
(b) A sex worker.
(c) A barber.
(d) A consultant.

5. What did the Coates family take with them on their trip to Manhattan?
(a) Joanie’s urn.
(b) A lost dog.
(c) Their pet snake.
(d) A kitten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Judge Lim grant child custody to?

2. As Chapter 29 opens, Dasani is having trouble doing what?

3. Who is Dasani's therapist at Hershey?

4. Why is Chanel arrested back at home?

5. At the end of Chapter 27, what is Chanel's phone call about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the fate of Khaliq in Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City?

2. Later in Chapter 37, where do all of Dasani's siblings meet?

3. What is the “Knockout Game” and how does it enter into Dasani’s inspirational storyline?

4. What is symbolic about Dasani's graduation?

5. What are Chanel and Supreme’s reasons for not looking for an apartment in Chapter 22?

6. In Chapter 38, what is Dasani staring at in the mock courtroom?

7. Michael Bloomberg's tenure as Mayor of New York City included an unfortunately conceived plan to purchase what item?

8. What does it mean to have a home for Dasani? Is it just a roof overhead or something more? Explain.

9. Elliot says Dasani’s homelessness has set her adrift? Explain what she means by this.

10. In Chapter 24, where is the new shelter where Dasani has to move into?

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