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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. Which characters is the last to be picked up by ACS?

2. How are the siblings doing in foster care?

3. How do Supreme's parents live?

4. What happens to Joanie's urn?

5. Who owns the high school family home that Dasani moves into?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the irony of the Welfare System in Chapter 40?

8. What is symbolic about Dasani's graduation?

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

10. What is gentrification?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What surprised you the most about Dasani’s story?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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