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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. What grade does Antonia receive on her Algebra test?

2. When Jazz shows up at the peer counseling session, she has skipped her lunch period to do what?

3. How does Jazz admit to feeling about her mother?

4. What color lipstick does Jazz share with Antonia, swearing that it will come off?

5. What does Antonia do for Michael that her mother should have done for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jazz's problem with Mrs. Bartoli?

2. Why does Antonia continue to counsel Jazz even after she has told Dr. DiLeo for the second time that she cannot do it?

3. Why was Antonia upset that her mother sent Michael to McDonalds?

4. What is the significance of the blank sheet of paper that Antonia hands to Jazz?

5. What is the significance of the brownie that Antonia brings home from school?

6. What problem does Antonia run into after taking Chuckie to the emergency room?

7. What does the word "cronk" mean?

8. Who is Shelly and what is her significance to the book?

9. What does Jazz call a death wish and how does she react to people who have one?

10. Why does Antonia feel overwhelmed when she returns home after her first day of peer counseling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Every story has a plot. Discuss the five elements of plot structure. Provide one specific example from the book for each of the five elements.

Essay Topic 2

While Ram is a secondary character, he is integral to the book as a whole. Who is Ram? What is he like? What is his importance to the overall structure of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Mental illness is a painful topic. Discuss Antonia's mother's illness and the effect that it has had on her family. At the end of your discussion, make a prediction on the future of Antonia's family. Will Antonia and her brothers be able to get over the pain caused by this disease and move ahead? Will Antonia's mom continue to take her meds and learn to handle her illness or will she relapse? Why do you make this prediction?

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