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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. Who accuses Dasani of stealing?

2. What reason does Dasani get suspended?

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

4. What type of education did Supreme finally earn?

5. What do Dasani's siblings compare about their foster families?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is gentrification?

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

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

5. How do readers see multigenerational poverty in this book?

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

7. What role does school play in Dasani’s life in Chapter 23?

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

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

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

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

Is Fort Greene one place or two separate neighborhoods? Discuss the upsides and downsides to gentrification, contrasting the wealthy part of Fort Greene with the area where Dasani lives.

Essay Topic 3

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

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