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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 does Dasani consider school?

2. How does Dasani get to school?

3. Dasani and her siblings routinely pass a glistening, 38-story glass tower on Myrtle Avenue called what?

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

5. What expression does Miss Hester favor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What extracurricular activities at Hershey does Dasani enjoy?

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

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

4. What was Supreme's childhood like in Chapter 9?

5. What is the Five Percent Nation?

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

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

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

9. Chanel is what type of a mother in Chapter 1?

10. Who is “the lost generation”?

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

Discuss the importance of positive role models and their impact on Dasani’s life—especially African-American women like Faith Hester, the Brooklyn school teacher, or Julie Williams, the therapist at Milton Hershey School.

Essay Topic 3

Elliott writes, “Dasani is well versed in city politics, not because she follows the news. She is simply forced to notice what other children miss.” How much did you know about your city’s politics when you were Dasani’s age? In what other ways is Dasani forced to grow up quickly?

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