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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. How many times does Jazmin say she has lived in each borough of New York City?

2. What is Jazmin's last name?

3. Why do the girls have a poker party?

4. What are Jazmin's parents doing when they decide on the spelling of Jazmin's name?

5. On what streets does Jazmin's family live when she is born?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what weather related activity does Jazmin compare how her poems come to her?

2. Why is it that Jazmin says that CeCe is so good at poker?

3. How does CeCe convince the two men to stop fighting?

4. How does Jazmin know the man who gets off the bus is not her father?

5. Why does Jazmin think that Jabari is lucky?

6. Why are there no photos of Jazmin as a child?

7. Describe how CeCe and Jazmin got from their foster home to their mother's home when they ran away.

8. Why does CeCe tell Jazmin she is beautiful?

9. What do the people think that Jazmin is looking for in the trash cans?

10. What is Jazmin's father's opinion of jazz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character sketch for Jazmin. Include physical description, personality traits, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Timothy in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Jazmin shows a great will to live and to succeed in life even though she may not have come from the best situation. Why do you believe Jazmin has such a strong will to survive? Why don't more people have this same will?

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