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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 Dasani staring at in Hershey's mock courtroom?

2. Why does Chanel end up in the hospital?

3. What movie is Dasani watching in the Hershey School theater?

4. What weather disaster happens in New York and Pennsylvania in the opening of Chapter 39?

5. Why is Dasani having trouble sleeping?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 24, where is the new shelter where Dasani has to move into?

4. What is the “Knockout Game” and how does it enter into Dasani’s inspirational storyline?

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

6. Who is Miss Hester for Dasani?

7. What is methadone? What purpose does it serve? Who funds it?

8. What are Chanel and Supreme’s reasons for not looking for an apartment in Chapter 22?

9. What is gentrification?

10. Elliot says Dasani’s homelessness has set her adrift? Explain what she means by this.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is this book called Invisible Child? What makes these children-and their parents-unseen?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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