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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 Jazz's piano teacher look like?
(a) He is heavy-set with brown hair and green eyes.
(b) He is tall and thin with a shaggy blond ponytail.
(c) He is short and slender with a gorgeous red beard.
(d) He is broad and muscular with dark hair.

2. How does Antonia feel about helping Ram with the problem with his mom?
(a) Antonia is excited about talking to Ram about his mom.
(b) Antonia is scared to talk to Ram about his mom.
(c) Antonia is reluctant because she thinks she does not know enough.
(d) Antonia is afraid of Ram and will not help him with his mom.

3. What does Jazz do to Gregoire after he says she should look presentable for the competition?
(a) Jazz laughs at Gregoire.
(b) Jazz fires Gregoire.
(c) Jazz throws her metronome at Gregoire.
(d) Jazz tells Gregoire to come back after the competition.

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

5. Why does Jazz refuse to go to the competition?
(a) Because Jazz will not wear the dress her mother bought for her to wear.
(b) Because Jazz tore up all her music.
(c) Because Jazz is so nervous she keeps throwing up.
(d) Because Jazz's mother threatened to invite all of Jazz's friends to come watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antonia's favorite soft drink?

2. What did Jazz's mother do when Jazz and her friends were hanging out at Ram's shed?

3. According to Jazz, what kind of person is her friend, Ram?

4. Jazz and her friends play a game where they make fun of "them." Who does "them" refer to?

5. Jazz's friends make fun of the shoes that Antonia wears. What kind of shoes are they?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Antonia and Jazz decide to do to give Mrs. Bartoli a lesson on stereotyping?

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

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

5. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

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

7. Discuss Jazz's dream.

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

9. Explain Jazz's head art.

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

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