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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 title of Chapter 72?

2. What is the title of the last chapter in the novel?

3. In Chapter 67, how does Jade describe history?

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

5. What does Jade call the money she made from tutoring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs between Jade and the saleswoman at the clothing store she and Sam go to in Chapter 32?

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

3. What happens after Ms. Weber sends Jade to see Mrs. Parker in Chapter 48?

4. What does Jade say to Andrew at the fundraiser?

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

6. What does Jade do with the pictures she took from her walk with Lee Lee and Andrea?

7. Once at the fundraiser, how does Jade feel?

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

9. What is Jade's reaction to seeing Maxine's family and their house, which overlooks the city of Portland?

10. What are some of the ways Jade knows she and Sam are no longer friends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing and analyzing what you think it means to piece oneself together. How does Jade "come apart" and then piece herself back together again? What scenes from the text show this unraveling and remaking?

Essay Topic 2

Jade questions Maxine's commitment to the Woman to Woman program because she is often flaky and has to take "emergency" phone calls, oftentimes to speak with her ex-boyfriend, Jon. Explain Jade's frustration with Maxine and what it reveals about Jade's characterization in the novel.

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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