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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What personal item is Antonia's mother wearing when Antonia sees her in the hospital?
(a) Her best necklace.
(b) Her favorite pair of slippers.
(c) Her torn bathrobe.
(d) Her copper bracelet.

2. What does Antonia say about her foster parents when she jokes about them to Jazz?
(a) Antonia says her foster parents are newly-released criminals.
(b) Antonia says her foster parents are cooking-baking fools.
(c) Antonia says her foster parents are ugly, evil little gnomes.
(d) Antonia says her foster parents are 80-years-old and nearly blind.

3. When Jazz and Antonia meet up for peer counseling, Jazz has a drawing on her scalp. Who did the drawing?
(a) Ram.
(b) Eeks.
(c) Chuckie.
(d) Antonia.

4. In addition to Antonia, Jazz has another friend whose dad is a jerk. Who is Jazz's other friend with a bad dad?
(a) Eeks.
(b) Linda.
(c) Ram.
(d) Sylvia.

5. How much prize money is given to the winner of the piano competition that Jazz is practicing for?
(a) $500.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $100.

6. What does Jazz think about Antonia's brothers?
(a) Jazz thinks Antonia's brothers are sweet and fun to be around.
(b) Jazz thinks Antonia's brothers are mean and spiteful.
(c) Jazz thinks Antonia's brothers are cissies.
(d) Jazz thinks Antonia's brothers are talented artists.

7. What kind of relationship did Antonia and her mother have before her mother became depressed?
(a) They were very close.
(b) They hated each other.
(c) They stayed out of each other's way.
(d) They fought all the time.

8. What did Jazz's mother do when Jazz and her friends were hanging out at Ram's shed?
(a) Jazz's mother called the police on them.
(b) Jazz's mother planned a surprise party for Jazz when she got home.
(c) Jazz's mother called for pizza delivery to the shed.
(d) Jazz's mother baked a big pan of cookies to take to them.

9. How does Antonia feel about going back to her own home when her mother is released from the hospital?
(a) Angry.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Ecstatic with no reservations.
(d) Happy but a little scared.

10. What does Jazz's piano teacher look like?
(a) He is heavy-set with brown hair and green eyes.
(b) He is broad and muscular with dark hair.
(c) He is short and slender with a gorgeous red beard.
(d) He is tall and thin with a shaggy blond ponytail.

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

12. When Jazz talks about the Clean Team, to what is she referring?
(a) The pool boy who comes to clean the Luther's pool.
(b) The mechanics who service the Luthers' cars.
(c) The maid service hired to clean the Luther's' home.
(d) The decorators who clear away all the Luthers' clutter.

13. What is wrong with Antonia's mother?
(a) Antonia's mother has a heart condition.
(b) Antonia's mother is severely anemic.
(c) Antonia's mother suffers from clinical depression.
(d) Antonia's mother has cancer.

14. Antonia tells Jazz that if the money really does not matter, Jazz can give it to Antonia when she wins. What would Antonia do with it?
(a) Antonia would use it to buy a new wardrobe.
(b) Antonia would use it to buy her brothers new bicycles.
(c) Antonia would use it to buy her mother some flowers.
(d) Antonia would use it to paint their house so it does not look run down.

15. What figure is the "head art" on Jazz's scalp?
(a) A chimpanzee.
(b) A zebra.
(c) A bald eagle.
(d) A wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ram look like?

2. According to Jazz, what kind of person is her friend, Ram?

3. What does Mrs. Luther give to Antonia before she leaves for foster care?

4. What does "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune" mean?

5. What color of hair does Jazz have at the piano recital?

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