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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. Jazz's friends make fun of the shoes that Antonia wears. What kind of shoes are they?
(a) Ballet flats.
(b) Ankle boots.
(c) Penny loafers.
(d) Nikes.

2. Who does Antonia take her anger and frustration out on, while her mom is at the hospital?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Chuckie.
(c) Karen.
(d) Michael.

3. 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) Antonia tells Jazz that she is not talented enough to win the competition.
(d) Antonio tells Jazz that a talent scout is coming to watch her.

4. 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) Eeks.
(c) Ram.
(d) Linda.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antonia's favorite soft drink?

2. What figure is the "head art" on Jazz's scalp?

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

4. How does Mrs. Luther react when she hears Jazz playing in the school auditorium?

5. How does Antonia feel about helping Ram with the problem with his mom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

3. What was the last thing that Antonia's father said to her?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. Explain why Antonia tells Jazz that her foster family are ugly, evil little gones who keep them locked up?

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

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

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