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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 do Antonia and Jazz plan to do to teach Mrs. Bartoli a lesson?
(a) Play Jazz's music recordings loudly during the club meeting.
(b) Come to club with trick questions.
(c) Dress up Antonia in punk fashion.
(d) Tell Dr. DiLeo about Mrs. Bartoli's prejudice and stereotyping.

2. What kind of relationship did Antonia and her mother have before her mother became depressed?
(a) They were very close.
(b) They stayed out of each other's way.
(c) They hated each other.
(d) They fought all the time.

3. What group does Antonia ask Jazz to join with her?
(a) Cooking club.
(b) Music club.
(c) Chess club.
(d) Math club.

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

5. When Jazz talks about the Clean Team, to what is she referring?
(a) The pool boy who comes to clean the Luther's pool.
(b) The maid service hired to clean the Luther's' home.
(c) The decorators who clear away all the Luthers' clutter.
(d) The mechanics who service the Luthers' cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Antonia's dad had a nickname for her. What was it?

2. What does Jazz believe is her mother's motivation for living?

3. What kind of cake did Tillie help Jazz make for her mother?

4. What does Antonia think about the dress that Jazz is supposed to wear to the competition?

5. When Jazz worries that her performance was not good enough, Antonia realizes something about Jazz. What kind of person is Jazz?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

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

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

8. Why does Jazz think Antonia might not want to be seen with her?

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

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

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