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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 seasons is in in Chapter 24 when Jade goes to get Dairy Queen while her mother is working on evening?
2. Why did Jade's mother get fired from her job at Emanuel Hospital?
3. What is the real name of Glamour Girl, one of Jade's partners in Mr. Flores's Spanish class?
4. Which museum does the Woman to Woman group visit in Chapter 28?
5. In Chapter 31, what is NOT one of Jade's New Year's resolutions?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Lee Lee comes over to Jade's house after school in Chapter 6, what do they talk about?
2. In Chapter 29, why does Jade zoom in her camera on a mural painting of York, who is pictured with Louis, Clark, and Sacagawea?
3. In Chapter 28, why does Maxine need to step away from the group when they are at the Portland Museum of Art for a Woman to Woman mentor/mentee trip?
4. Why does Jade find it difficult to relate to some of her classmates at St. Francis?
5. What does Sabrina, one of the mentors in the Woman to Woman program, say that this program will help the mentees with?
6. In Chapter 17, Jade visits her father after school. Why does Jade's father not call her on her birthday?
7. How does Jade meet her mentor, Maxine, for the first time?
8. In Chapter 24, what does Jade's mother leave next to the phone?
9. In Chapter 8, why does Sam move from her seat to sit with Jade?
10. How does the structure of the novel help readers understand Jade's characterization?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jade's mother knows her daughter is a talented artist but has opinions about whether or not Jade might pursue it as a career. She emphasizes that Jade is also "book smart." Explain Jade's mother's reaction to people complimenting her daughter's artistic abilities and explain what her reaction reveals about her own characterization.
Essay Topic 2
Piecing Me Together is told through Jade's point of view. Analyze the author's choice to tell the story from her unique first-person perspective. How does Jade's point of view affect the plot of the novel? How does viewing the world through Jade's eyes help readers think about society at large?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing and defining the idea of community throughout the novel. Select 2-3 characters and describe how each relates to his or her community.
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