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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 is the name of the author of Define Normal?
2. What award was Define Normal a finalist for?
3. What does Jazz do to Gregoire after he says she should look presentable for the competition?
4. When Karen asks Antonia what she wanted to do for a career, what does Antonia reply?
5. What personal item is Antonia's mother wearing when Antonia sees her in the hospital?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain Dr. DiLeo's pairing up of Antonia and Jazz. Who was counseling who and what was the ultimate result?
2. Why does Jazz skip the competition and quit the piano?
3. What does Mrs. Luther threaten to do if Jazz quits the piano, and how does this threat affect Jazz?
4. How does Antonia and her family get money to live on?
5. As nice as the Abeytas are, how does Antonia feel about staying at their house?
6. Explain why Antonia tells Jazz that her foster family are ugly, evil little gones who keep them locked up?
7. Why has Karen chosen to go into social work, and what is it about her that gives Antonia hope?
8. How does Antonia defend her Dad's abandonment of the family?
9. Explain why Jazz never wants to play the polonaise again.
10. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
One of the major themes is the book is the mother-daughter relationship. Compare Antonia's relationship with her mother to Jazz's relationship with her mother. How are the relationships similar and how are they different?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author's choice of not identifying a specific place for the setting of this novel. Explain what setting you think it has, giving credible examples. (For instance, does it take place in a village? In a warm climate? A cold climate? Is it a big city, a small city, or a rural town?) Argue that the author was right in not providing a specific setting, or argue that the novel would have been better if it had been set in a particular city or town.
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