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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. Why did Dr. DiLeo tell Antonia that she was counseling Jazz?
(a) Because Jazz was so easy to be friends with that Dr. DiLeo knew they would hit it off.
(b) Because Antonia would not have agree to counseling for herself.
(c) Because Jazz was suicidal and needed Antonia's help.
(d) Because Antonia needed experience in counseling for a college app.

2. Tillie says their empty house feels like what?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Silence.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Outer space.

3. What is Jazz's dream?
(a) Jazz's dream is to be a tattoo artist.
(b) Jazz's dream is to do costume design for rock bands.
(c) Jazz's dream is to be a hairstylist to the stars.
(d) Jazz's dream is to go to Julliard.

4. Antonia tells Jazz that if the money really does not matter, Jazz can give it to Antonia when she wins. What would Antonia do with it?
(a) Antonia would use it to paint their house so it does not look run down.
(b) Antonia would use it to buy a new wardrobe.
(c) Antonia would use it to buy her brothers new bicycles.
(d) Antonia would use it to buy her mother some flowers.

5. What organization does Antonia joke with Jazz about joining?
(a) The track team.
(b) The softball team.
(c) The swim team.
(d) The gymnastics team.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Antonia goes to visit her mother for the first time since she was hospitalized, what does Antonia take to give to her mother?

2. What is wrong with Antonia's mother?

3. What is the name of the author of Define Normal?

4. How much prize money is given to the winner of the piano competition that Jazz is practicing for?

5. Why does Jazz feel guilty about her relationship with friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jazz skip the competition and quit the piano?

2. Explain Antonia's reaction to Karen.

3. Explain why Antonia tells Jazz that her foster family are ugly, evil little gones who keep them locked up?

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

5. What was the last thing that Antonia's father said to her?

6. Who is Ram and why is he important to the story?

7. Why does Jazz's mother call the police on Jazz and her friends?

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

9. Explain Dr. DiLeo's pairing up of Antonia and Jazz. Who was counseling who and what was the ultimate result?

10. Explain Jazz's head art.

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