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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 will Jazmin start at her new apartment?

2. What item did CeCe's favorite grocery store have on sale?

3. What surprises Jazmin about her mother?

4. What does Jazmin want to trade with Chavonne?

5. Who bullies Jazmin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jazmin say that blacks and Jews have much in common?

2. How does Jazmin feel about being a parent herself?

3. Describe the man who tries to get Jazmin's attention.

4. Why are Jazmin and her sister moving?

5. What has Mrs. Vogel done for Jazmin?

6. What types of people does Jazmin say shouldn't be parents?

7. What does Jazmin's school counselor have in mind for her future?

8. What are Jazmin's feelings about moving?

9. What does Jazmin have in mind for herself in regards to her future?

10. What type of mother does Jazmin say that her mother was?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of pictures and memories in Jazmin's book. Although Jazmin had no one to take pictures of her as a child, how is she making her own pictures? How does she hold on to memories?

Essay Topic 2

What effect did Jazmin's father's car wreck, hospital stay and resulting death have on Jazmin?

Essay Topic 3

Jazmin shows a great will to live and to succeed in life even though she may not have come from the best situation. Why do you believe Jazmin has such a strong will to survive? Why don't more people have this same will?

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