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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 name does Jazz call Gregoire?
(a) Dork.
(b) Priss.
(c) Jerk.
(d) Pig.

2. Jazz and her friends play a game where they make fun of "them." Who does "them" refer to?
(a) Jocks, straights, Jesus freaks, and prisses.
(b) Animal lovers, conservationists, and tree-huggers.
(c) Fatsoes, Zit-heads, and Buck-toothers.
(d) Teachers, doctors, and ministers.

3. When Ram and Antonia are introduced, what does Ram say about Antonia?
(a) "She looks like a priss with a stick up her butt."
(b) "She looks like something the cat dragged in."
(c) "She looks like an angel."
(d) "She looks like a babe to me."

4. What does Antonia request that Karen do to help Michael?
(a) Antonia asks Karen to take Michael shopping for new clothes.
(b) Antonia asks Karen to find Michael a friend his own age.
(c) Antonia asks Karen to find Michael a counselor.
(d) Antonia asks Karen to help Michael go back and visit the Abeytas.

5. How does Antonia feel about helping Ram with the problem with his mom?
(a) Antonia is scared to talk to Ram about his mom.
(b) Antonia is excited about talking to Ram about his mom.
(c) Antonia is reluctant because she thinks she does not know enough.
(d) Antonia is afraid of Ram and will not help him with his mom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonia's mom say when she sees the cake?

2. How did the audience feel about Jazz's performance at the piano recital?

3. The foster parents to the DIllon kids, the Abeytas, have already raised how many children?

4. What is Jazz's dream?

5. Antonia understands that Jazz cannot give into her mother because Jazz has what character traits?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antonia and her family get money to live on?

2. Who is Ram and why is he important to the story?

3. Why does Jazz give-in and go to her piano recital dressed in the blue velvet dress?

4. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

5. Several times throughout the book, the term "ya-ya" is used with reference to Antonia. What is the significance of this term?

6. Describe the Abeytas and their importance to the story.

7. Explain Jazz's head art.

8. Why does Jazz skip the competition and quit the piano?

9. Explain Dr. DiLeo's pairing up of Antonia and Jazz. Who was counseling who and what was the ultimate result?

10. Why does Jazz beg Antonia not to tell Jazz's friends about her playing the piano?

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