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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. What are some difficulties the Coates family faces?

2. Why does Dasani want to go to school?

3. How does Dasani get to school?

4. What expression does Miss Hester favor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is “the lost generation”?

2. What people, other than Desani, are involved in the novel? What are their relationships?

3. What aspects of Elliott's reporting differ from conventional journalism?

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

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

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

7. What extracurricular activities at Hershey does Dasani enjoy?

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

9. What happens when a child parentifies themselves?

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

Does proximity to wealth make Dasani’s life better or more difficult?

Essay Topic 2

What are the factors that caused Dasani to leave Hershey? What, if anything, could have prevented that outcome?

Essay Topic 3

Dasani has a complicated relationship with her mother, Chanel—just as Chanel had with her own mother, Joanie. How might this mother-daughter dynamic help or hinder a family living on the edge?

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