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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word does Jazz use to describe Antonia during the peer counseling session in Chapter 4?
2. What does Antonia say is her biggest regret?
3. During the counseling session after Chuckie's hospitalization, what does Jazz do for Antonia to help her be less stress?
4. When Antonia feels like Jazz is not taking the peer counseling sessions seriously, Antonia says thats she has better things to do. What is she referring to?
5. Antonia asks Dr. DiLeo to find someone else to work with Jazz, but Dr. DiLeo tells Antonia that she is the perfect person to do it. Why?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Mrs. Luther so impressed with Antonia?
2. Why was Antonia embarrassed to hand her math homework in to Mrs. Bartoli?
3. What happens when Antonia's mom decides to take the kids on a picnic?
4. What does Antonia cite as her biggest regret, and how does disclosing that affect the story?
5. Why does Antonia tell Mrs. Luther that there is no one for her to call?
6. What is the significance of the Christmas picture that Antonia looks at in her mother's bedroom?
7. What is Jazz's problem with Mrs. Bartoli?
8. Why was Antonia upset that her mother sent Michael to McDonalds?
9. What does Jazz call a death wish and how does she react to people who have one?
10. Why does Antonia feel overwhelmed when she returns home after her first day of peer counseling?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the literary term "foil." Using this definition, give three specific examples of foils in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the author's choice of not identifying a specific place for the setting of this novel. Explain what setting you think it has, giving credible examples. (For instance, does it take place in a village? In a warm climate? A cold climate? Is it a big city, a small city, or a rural town?) Argue that the author was right in not providing a specific setting, or argue that the novel would have been better if it had been set in a particular city or town.
Essay Topic 3
Telling the truth versus telling lies is a theme that comes up over and over in the book. Give three examples from the text where a character does not tell the whole truth. Take each of these examples and illustrate the impact that the lie has on the person telling it.
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