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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 is Miss Hester horrified by when she sees Chanel on the street?

2. Who approaches Supreme while he is waiting on the family court step?

3. Why is Chanel arrested back at home?

4. What do the project kids call Dasani’s pink sweatsuit?

5. Who temporarily lost custody of the kids?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Dasani’s path to becoming the first member of her family to graduate from high school symbolizes what?

3. Michael Bloomberg's tenure as Mayor of New York City included an unfortunately conceived plan to purchase what item?

4. Who is Miss Hester for Dasani?

5. Where does Dasani go for sanctuary in Chapter 30?

6. What does the imagery of water represent in the book in Chapter 36?

7. What is symbolic about Dasani's graduation?

8. What technique does Dasani learn from Roxanne that she employs to avoid a fight?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does achieving conventional success require Dasani to disconnect from her family, culture, or identity? Is that a price worth paying, or even a fair price to ask?

Essay Topic 2

Dasani has developed an arsenal of skills to help her survive-from her command of household chores to her analysis of caseworkers’ vocal intonations and facial expressions. “None of these skills were captured on her report card,” Elliott notes. Should schools evaluate students solely on their academic performance or on a wider range of life skills?

Essay Topic 3

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

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