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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 does Antonia's mom say she is going to get when she comes home?

2. What does Mrs. Luther threaten to do if Jazz stops playing the piano?

3. Why does Antonia think that she does not need to talk to Dr. DiLeo?

4. Jazz jokes back with Antonia about her foster parents and asks if they make her eat a certain food. What is that food?

5. Antonia stays in a bedroom at the Abeyta's house that belonged to the Abeyta's daughter. What is that daughter's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain Jazz's head art.

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

6. What do Antonia and Jazz decide to do to give Mrs. Bartoli a lesson on stereotyping?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Antonia takes care of herself and her little brothers. Discuss why she is so reluctant to ask for help. How does her reluctance to share her problems create isolation? Give two examples of her isolation.

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

Discuss Antonia's relationship with her father and why she would rather lie about the real relationship than tell the truth. What impact does Antonia's relationship - or lack of relationship - have on her life?

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