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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antonia's mom say when she sees the cake?
(a) Antonia's mom says that they should eat dessert first.
(b) Antonia's mom says that they can have cake if they eat all their dinner.
(c) Antonia's mom says that they should go to McDonalds and then have cake.
(d) Antonia's mom says that she hates German chocolate cake.

2. Jazz and her friends play a game where they make fun of "them." Who does "them" refer to?
(a) Fatsoes, Zit-heads, and Buck-toothers.
(b) Jocks, straights, Jesus freaks, and prisses.
(c) Animal lovers, conservationists, and tree-huggers.
(d) Teachers, doctors, and ministers.

3. What does Antonia say about Jazz's parents?
(a) Antonia says Jazz's parents are greedy.
(b) Antonia says Jazz's parents are ogres.
(c) Antonia says Jazz's parents are wimps.
(d) Antonia says Jazz's parents are perfect.

4. When Jazz worries that her performance was not good enough, Antonia realizes something about Jazz. What kind of person is Jazz?
(a) A slanderer.
(b) An obsessive-compulsive.
(c) A slob.
(d) A perfectionist.

5. What name does Jazz call Gregoire?
(a) Priss.
(b) Pig.
(c) Dork.
(d) Jerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Luther do during the piano recital?

2. When Jazz plays her favorite music, what memory does Antonia experience?

3. Who does Antonia take her anger and frustration out on, while her mom is at the hospital?

4. Antonia understands that Jazz cannot give into her mother because Jazz has what character traits?

5. What does Jazz wear to the piano recital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Marsh impact the lives of the Dillon children?

2. How does Antonia defend her Dad's abandonment of the family?

3. How does Antonia describe her sense of isolation and loneliness after seeing her mother in the hospital?

4. How does Antonia and her family get money to live on?

5. Usually, Antonia hates heavy metal music, but after her mother was hospitalized, she listened to it at Jazz's house. How did she feel about it?

6. What impact does Antonia's first visit to see her mother in the hospital have on her?

7. Explain Antonia's reaction to Karen.

8. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

9. Discuss Jazz's dream.

10. As nice as the Abeytas are, how does Antonia feel about staying at their house?

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