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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. According to Karen, why do so many people with clinical depression suffer relapses?
(a) Because they stop taking their medications.
(b) Because they do not exercise enough.
(c) Because they eat the wrong kind of food.
(d) Because they listen to acid rock.

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

3. 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?
(a) Antonia would use it to buy a new wardrobe.
(b) Antonia would use it to paint their house so it does not look run down.
(c) Antonia would use it to buy her mother some flowers.
(d) Antonia would use it to buy her brothers new bicycles.

4. What is the name of the author of Define Normal?
(a) Julie Anne Peters.
(b) Judy Blume.
(c) Mary Beth Warner.
(d) Charlotte Russell.

5. How does Antonia get Jazz to play the polonaise?
(a) Antonia tells Jazz that Antonia has never heard a polonaise before.
(b) Antonia tells Jazz that she does not believe that Jazz had perfected the polonaise and wants proof.
(c) Antonio tells Jazz that a talent scout is coming to watch her.
(d) Antonia tells Jazz that she is not talented enough to win the competition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason listed below is NOT a reason Jazz gives for being mean to her mother?

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

3. What does Mr. Luther do during the piano recital?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Ram and why is he important to the story?

5. What impact does Antonia's first visit to see her mother in the hospital have on her?

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

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

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

9. Why does Jazz beg Antonia not to tell Jazz's friends about her playing the piano?

10. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

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