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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 object reminds Jazmin of her father?

2. What did Jazmin do the next time she saw Timothy?

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

4. What does CeCe tell Jazmin?

5. How much of the poem does Jazmin remember?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the street where Jazmin is sitting.

2. What types of businesses does Amsterdam Avenue have?

3. What happened to Jazmin's father?

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

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

6. Describe Timothy.

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

8. Why does Jazmin's father want her name spelled as it is?

9. What does CeCe say when Jazmin asks for contacts?

10. Why does Jazmin like the stoop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Timothy in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Jazmin's relationship with her mother with the relationship with her sister.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of Crew in the novel.

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