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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. Jazz and her friends play a game where they make fun of "them." Who does "them" refer to?

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

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

4. When Jazz plays her favorite music, what memory does Antonia experience?

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. Explain Jazz's head art.

2. What is Gregoire's effect on Jazz?

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

4. Explain Antonia's reaction to Karen.

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Ram and why is he important to the story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the major themes is the book is the mother-daughter relationship. Compare Antonia's relationship with her mother to Jazz's relationship with her mother. How are the relationships similar and how are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Over the course of a few weeks, Antonia and Jazz develop a close relationship. Analyze the reasons that this relationship progresses from just peer counseling to friendship. Include in your answer the point at which you think the relationship makes the turn from peer-counseling to friendship.

Essay Topic 3

Stereotyping by appearance is a theme that runs throughout the novel, Define Normal. Select three different examples of stereotyping in the novel and discuss how each example affects the life of at least one character.

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