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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jazz worries that her performance was not good enough, Antonia realizes something about Jazz. What kind of person is Jazz?
(a) A slanderer.
(b) A perfectionist.
(c) A slob.
(d) An obsessive-compulsive.

2. What does Antonia think about the dress that Jazz is supposed to wear to the competition?
(a) She thinks Jazz should burn it.
(b) She imagines that it would be prettier in green.
(c) She hopes Jazz will give it to her.
(d) She decides they can re-fashion it to make it more like Jazz's style.

3. How did the audience feel about Jazz's performance at the piano recital?
(a) The audience throws roses and gardenias.
(b) The audience boos and hisses.
(c) They audience stands and claps for an encore.
(d) The audience walks out in silence.

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

5. Who does Antonia take her anger and frustration out on, while her mom is at the hospital?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Karen.
(c) Michael.
(d) Chuckie.

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

7. What kind of piano music is causing Jazz problems as she prepares for the competition?
(a) The minuet.
(b) The polonaise.
(c) The waltz.
(d) The mazurka.

8. What does Ram look like?
(a) Ram has big holes in his ears and a dozen piercings in his eyebrows.
(b) Ram has a shaved head and tattoos all over his neck.
(c) Ram is clean-cut with blond hair and blue eyes.
(d) Ram has orange spikes in his hair and a nose ring.

9. Where do Tillie and Luis Abeyta take the boys when Antonia claims to have a headache?
(a) The social worker's office.
(b) Six Flags.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The library.

10. How does Antonia feel when she finds out that Jazz was counseling her?
(a) Violent and angry.
(b) Happy and overjoyed.
(c) Hurt and humiliated.
(d) Scared and uncertain.

11. Where is the piano that Jazz and Antonia are allowed to use?
(a) In the school auditorium.
(b) In the teacher's lounge.
(c) In the music room.
(d) In the hallway.

12. What is the dress like that Jazz's mother bought for her to wear to the competition?
(a) The dress is bright red and covered with lace.
(b) The dress is deep purple with sequins on the bodice.
(c) The dress is blue velvet with a white sash.
(d) The dress is a long, black evening gown.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Karen that Antonia's father is not dead?

3. What does Jazz wear to the piano recital?

4. 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?

5. When Jazz and Antonia meet up for peer counseling, Jazz has a drawing on her scalp. Who did the drawing?

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