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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. Who is the first board member who speaks to Jade at the fundraiser?

2. In Chapter 35, what is NOT listed as something that is black and beautiful?

3. What does Jade's mother cook for dinner in Chapter 36?

4. From what does the artist in Mia's gallery draw inspiration?

5. Who was NOT in attendance at the open mic night?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 66, what subject is Lee Lee working on for homework?

2. In Chapter 55, when Lee Lee, Andrea, and Jade watch a Black woman being stopped by white police officers, how do they respond?

3. What do Maxine and Jade talk about in Chapter 52?

4. What event does Maxine plan at her apartment as a mentor/mentee bonding experience?

5. In Chapter 35, what are some words Jade describes as Black and beautiful in one of her collages?

6. When Jade suggests that she and her mother attend the Woman to Woman class on healthy eating, how does Jade's mother respond?

7. What does Maxine get wrong about Jade?

8. In Chapter 42, what news does Jade share with her mother?

9. In Chapter 64, how does Jade's mother feel about Jade going with Maxine to the Woman to Woman fundraiser?

10. In Chapter 76, what version of the story about York does Jade say she and many others believe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the novel progresses, Jade's relationships with other female characters in the novel change and grow. Select one relationship Jade has with another woman and explain its significance in relation to one of the novel's themes of friendship, identity, power, or wholeness.

Essay Topic 2

Select two or three symbols from the novel and write an essay analyzing how they relate to one of the novel's major themes.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Jade's self confidence and how it shifts and changes throughout the novel. How do others' opinions and expectations of her reinforce or diminish her sense of self, confidence, and self-esteem? What impact do these experiences have on Jade emotionally?

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