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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’s family boarded the ferry to go to the homeless shelter in what city?

2. What does Chanel promise to her kids when she returns to her family at Auburn?

3. In 2010, what infested the family’s house?

4. At the end of Chapter 27, what is Chanel's phone call about?

5. Who is Dasani's houseparent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the homeless afford cell phones and Nintendos?

2. What is the function of Partnership with Children? How effective is it?

3. What is the Structural Racism in the novel, as shown in Chapter 40?

4. Chapter 23 opens on who's nightmare of their childhood?

5. What is gentrification?

6. What is symbolic about Dasani's graduation?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 38, what is Dasani staring at in the mock courtroom?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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