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

2. Antonia stays in a bedroom at the Abeyta's house that belonged to the Abeyta's daughter. What is that daughter's name?
(a) Yolanda.
(b) Karen.
(c) Linda.
(d) Sylvia.

3. Antonia's dad had a nickname for her. What was it?
(a) Ant.
(b) Small fry.
(c) Tone.
(d) Nia.

4. What does Antonia's mom say when she sees the cake?
(a) Antonia's mom says that she hates German chocolate cake.
(b) Antonia's mom says that they should eat dessert first.
(c) Antonia's mom says that they should go to McDonalds and then have cake.
(d) Antonia's mom says that they can have cake if they eat all their dinner.

5. What is Antonia's favorite soft drink?
(a) 7-Up.
(b) Dr. Pepper.
(c) Coca-Cola.
(d) Root Beer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What organization does Antonia joke with Jazz about joining?

4. When Jazz talks about the Clean Team, to what is she referring?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Jazz's dream.

2. How does Antonia describe her sense of isolation and loneliness after seeing her mother in the hospital?

3. How does Mrs. Marsh impact the lives of the Dillon children?

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

5. What does Mrs. Luther threaten to do if Jazz quits the piano, and how does this threat affect Jazz?

6. What memory comes back to Antonia when she hears Jazz play "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn"?

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

8. What does Jazz say about the definition of a dream?

9. Usually, Antonia hates heavy metal music, but after her mother was hospitalized, she listened to it at Jazz's house. How did she feel about it?

10. How does Antonia defend her Dad's abandonment of the family?

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