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

2. When Jazz and Antonia meet up for peer counseling, Jazz has a drawing on her scalp. Who did the drawing?
(a) Chuckie.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Ram.
(d) Eeks.

3. When Jazz plays her favorite music, what memory does Antonia experience?
(a) A picnic with her mother at Cherokee Reservoir.
(b) The birth of her little brother, Chuckie.
(c) A fight between her mother and her father.
(d) The softball game during summer league at the ball park.

4. When Jazz worries that her performance was not good enough, Antonia realizes something about Jazz. What kind of person is Jazz?
(a) A slanderer.
(b) An obsessive-compulsive.
(c) A slob.
(d) A perfectionist.

5. During the piano recital, when does Jazz play?
(a) Last.
(b) Fifth.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Antonia goes to visit her mother for the first time since she was hospitalized, what does Antonia take to give to her mother?

3. When Jazz's friends see her playing the piano, what does Jazz worry about them thinking?

4. According to Karen, why do so many people with clinical depression suffer relapses?

5. How long ago did Antonia's father leave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Why does Jazz's mother call the police on Jazz and her friends?

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

6. Explain Jazz's head art.

7. Explain Antonia's reaction to Karen.

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

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

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

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