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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Hester sometimes arrives to school in what fasion?

2. Dasani’s homeroom at McKinney has what phrase written on the walls?

3. What was the name of the bottled water that Chanel spotted?

4. What kind of school does Dasani go to?

5. How does Dasani get to school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is “the lost generation”?

4. What is the Five Percent Nation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did you feel at the end of the book? What kind of trajectory do you see for Dasani and her siblings?

Essay Topic 2

Does Invisible Child complicate the popular American refrain that you should “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”? Does it also challenge the argument that government aid is the only solution to poverty?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of the author, Andrea Elliott, in reporting and writing this story. What are some of the ethical challenges of a project like this?

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