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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 does Antonia secretly think about Jazz's tattoo?
(a) It is too big.
(b) It is gross.
(c) It is the wrong color.
(d) It is sort of cool.

2. What phrase does Jazz use about the lesson she is going to give Antonia that frightens Antonia?
(a) Do or die.
(b) No pain. No gain.
(c) Winner takes all.
(d) Sink or swim.

3. When the Luthers bring Antonia back from dinner, where does Antonia say that her family has gone?
(a) To an all-night grocery store and delicatessen.
(b) To a fried-chicken restaurant.
(c) To the roller-rink for kids' night.
(d) To a double feature movie at the mall.

4. When Antonia hands in her homework to her math teacher, why is she embarrassed?
(a) Antonia is embarrassed because her math homework is messy and covered with erasure marks.
(b) Antonia is embarrassed because her youngest brother spilled cereal on it.
(c) Antonia is embarrassed because she had to write her homework on newspaper.
(d) Antonia is embarrassed because she did the wrong problems.

5. What word does Jazz use to describe Antonia during the peer counseling session in Chapter 4?
(a) Nerdy.
(b) Cool.
(c) Phatt.
(d) Bode.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's youngest brother eat when there is no other food?

2. Why did Antonia not know about the death of Shelley?

3. What does Antonia do before the Luthers take her out to dinner that so impresses Mrs. Luther?

4. Which of the following activities does Jazz NOT teach Antonia?

5. Why does Jazz say that Antonia makes her sick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jazz's problem with Mrs. Bartoli?

2. Why was Antonia upset that her mother sent Michael to McDonalds?

3. What happens when Antonia puts on Jazz's black lipstick?

4. What is the significance of the blank sheet of paper that Antonia hands to Jazz?

5. What does Jazz call a death wish and how does she react to people who have one?

6. What does Antonia cite as her biggest regret, and how does disclosing that affect the story?

7. Why is Mrs. Luther so impressed with Antonia?

8. Why is it uncomfortable for Antonia when Mr. and Mrs. Luther are talking about what nice manners she has?

9. Why does Antonia feel overwhelmed when she returns home after her first day of peer counseling?

10. What is the significance of the brownie that Antonia brings home from school?

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