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

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

3. What does Jazz think her parents talk about at the country club?
(a) Jazz thinks her parents talk about current events.
(b) Jazz thinks her parents talk about their little piano prodigy.
(c) Jazz thinks her parents talk about where to go shopping.
(d) Jazz thinks her parents talk about civic causes.

4. What kind of cake did Tillie help Jazz make for her mother?
(a) German chocolate.
(b) Angel food.
(c) White with strawberry icing.
(d) Italian cream.

5. What is different about Antonia's bedroom when she goes back home after her mom returns from the hospital?
(a) The furniture has been rearranged.
(b) The room has been freshly painted.
(c) There is a new bedspread on her bed.
(d) There is an envelope on her dresser.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Where is the piano that Jazz and Antonia are allowed to use?

5. How much prize money is given to the winner of the piano competition that Jazz is practicing for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antonia and her family get money to live on?

2. Why does Jazz give-in and go to her piano recital dressed in the blue velvet dress?

3. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

4. As nice as the Abeytas are, how does Antonia feel about staying at their house?

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

6. Explain Jazz's head art.

7. Why does Jazz feel guilty about her friends hearing her play?

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

9. Why does Jazz skip the competition and quit the piano?

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

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