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

2. Fort Greene's city boundaries form the shape of what?

3. What do the Coates children in the Chapter 1 sleep in?

4. How did Dasani learn to spot a social worker?

5. What is Dasani’s neighborhood called?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Five Percent Nation?

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

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

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

6. What is the irony of the characters' names in Chapter 13?

7. What are some difficulties Dasani faces in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does America’s history of racism and Black disenfranchisement intersect with the story of Dasani’s family? What government policies and social inequities have impacted this family over time?

Essay Topic 2

Should Chanel and Supreme have lost custody of their children? In what ways might the child-protection system help a family like Dasani’s? How does the system fall short, or even harm families?

Essay Topic 3

Dasani’s family is repeatedly displaced. What impact do you think this had on Dasani and her siblings?

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