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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 did Jazmin do the next time she saw Timothy?
(a) Begs him to stop taking drugs.
(b) Doesn't talk to him.
(c) Kicks him.
(d) Shoots him.

2. What does Jazmin say that words are like?
(a) Rain.
(b) Rats.
(c) Concrete blocks.
(d) Mist.

3. How does Jazmin describe her hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Nappy.
(c) Straight.
(d) Black.

4. What is Jazmin's principal's name?
(a) Mr. Sanders.
(b) Mr. Hinson.
(c) Aunt Sarah.
(d) Mr. Taylor.

5. What sense does CeCe say Jazmin is developing?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Smell.
(c) Humor.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many others did Jazmin often have to share a bed with?

2. What type of music does Jazmin's father like?

3. With what does Jazmin say she was born?

4. What does Aunt Sarah represent to Jazmin?

5. How many times does Jazmin say she has lived in each borough of New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what weather related activity does Jazmin compare how her poems come to her?

2. Who is Aunt Sarah?

3. Describe the street where Jazmin is sitting.

4. What happened to Jazmin's father?

5. Describe Timothy.

6. What are Jazmin's parents arguing about the night before she is born?

7. Why are there no photos of Jazmin as a child?

8. What does CeCe say when Jazmin asks for contacts?

9. What is Jazmin's father's opinion of jazz?

10. Why does CeCe tell Jazmin she is beautiful?

(see the answer keys)

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