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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Jazz plays her favorite music, what memory does Antonia experience?
(a) The birth of her little brother, Chuckie.
(b) The softball game during summer league at the ball park.
(c) A picnic with her mother at Cherokee Reservoir.
(d) A fight between her mother and her father.

3. What color of hair does Jazz have at the piano recital?
(a) Brown.
(b) Purple.
(c) Pink.
(d) Red.

4. What does Tillie bake for the Dillon children?
(a) Cherry pie.
(b) Double chocolate brownies.
(c) Snickerdoodle cookies.
(d) Chocolate chip cookies.

5. Why does Jazz not want her friends to know she plays the piano?
(a) She is afraid they will come to the competition to see her.
(b) She is afraid they will think she is a loser.
(c) She is afraid they will think she is a nerd.
(d) She is afraid they will spread rumors about her.

6. Antonia understands that Jazz cannot give into her mother because Jazz has what character traits?
(a) Jazz is weak and wimpy.
(b) Jazz is stubborn and proud.
(c) Jazz is obnoxious and uncouth.
(d) Jazz is mean and vengeful.

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

8. What teacher that Jazz despises comes into the auditorium and hears her playing?
(a) Mrs. Marsh.
(b) Dr. DiLeo.
(c) Mrs. Thornberg.
(d) Mrs. Bartoli.

9. What reason listed below is NOT a reason Jazz gives for being mean to her mother?
(a) Her mother hates Jazz's hair.
(b) Her mother hates Jazz's friends -- except Antonia.
(c) Her mother hates Jazz's clothes.
(d) Her mother will not let Jazz have a dog.

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

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

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

13. Why does Jazz feel guilty about her relationship with friends?
(a) Jazz feels guilty because she thinks she does not deserve friends.
(b) Jazz feels guilty because she does not really like those friends and wants to get away from them.
(c) Jazz feels guilty because she is hiding something from her friends and they think she does not trust them.
(d) Jazz feels guilty because she secretly makes fun of the people she hangs with.

14. The foster parents to the DIllon kids, the Abeytas, have already raised how many children?
(a) Eight.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

15. Why does Jazz say she is grounded?
(a) Because she painted her lips black.
(b) Because she talked too long on the phone.
(c) Because she quit piano.
(d) Because she cut holes in her jeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem with Ram's mom?

2. When Ram and Antonia are introduced, what does Ram say about Antonia?

3. What do Antonia and Jazz plan to do to teach Mrs. Bartoli a lesson?

4. What promise does Antonia's mom make to her after returning from the hospital?

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

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