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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 award was Define Normal a finalist for?
(a) A Young Reader's Rite of Passage Award.
(b) A Pulitzer Prize.
(c) The National Book Award.
(d) The New York Times Bestseller List.

2. When Jazz plays her favorite music, what memory does Antonia experience?
(a) The birth of her little brother, Chuckie.
(b) A fight between her mother and her father.
(c) A picnic with her mother at Cherokee Reservoir.
(d) The softball game during summer league at the ball park.

3. What teacher that Jazz despises comes into the auditorium and hears her playing?
(a) Mrs. Bartoli.
(b) Mrs. Marsh.
(c) Dr. DiLeo.
(d) Mrs. Thornberg.

4. When Ram and Antonia are introduced, what does Ram say about Antonia?
(a) "She looks like something the cat dragged in."
(b) "She looks like a priss with a stick up her butt."
(c) "She looks like a babe to me."
(d) "She looks like an angel."

5. Antonia's mom gets a part-time job at what kind of establishment?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) An office.
(d) A salon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Antonia stays in a bedroom at the Abeyta's house that belonged to the Abeyta's daughter. What is that daughter's name?

2. When Jazz talks about the Clean Team, to what is she referring?

3. Antonia's dad had a nickname for her. What was it?

4. What does Tillie bake for the Dillon children?

5. What does Ram look like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

4. Why has Karen chosen to go into social work, and what is it about her that gives Antonia hope?

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

7. What does Mrs. Luther threaten to do if Jazz quits the piano, and how does this threat affect Jazz?

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

9. Describe the Abeytas and their importance to the story.

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

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