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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. Who owns the high school family home that Dasani moves into?
(a) Lele and Pons.
(b) Supreme.
(c) The therapist Julie.
(d) Jonathan and Melissa.

2. Where is Dasani heading to at the beginning of Chapter 28?
(a) School.
(b) Penn State.
(c) New York.
(d) Hershey, Pennsylvania.

3. What movie is Dasani watching in the Hershey School theater?
(a) Streetcar Named Desire.
(b) Nemo.
(c) Unbroken.
(d) Lilo and Stitch.

4. As the Coates family approaches the entrance of the homeless shelter, what does Chanel see?
(a) A box of mice.
(b) Puppies.
(c) Three kittens.
(d) Two abandoned baby turtles

5. What does Mr. Byrd's adult son call Avianna and Nana?
(a) Youngings.
(b) Mongrels.
(c) Ghetto children.
(d) Blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Joanie's urn?

2. What is Dasani's new favorite class?

3. Who accuses Dasani of stealing?

4. What is the name of the math teacher in Brooklyn?

5. Why does Dasani go to detention?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is gentrification?

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

5. What is symbolic about Dasani's graduation?

6. How do the homeless afford cell phones and Nintendos?

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

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

9. Who is Miss Hester for Dasani?

10. What is methadone? What purpose does it serve? Who funds it?

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