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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 Jazmin not wear when she wants to attract male attention?

2. Who comes to the poker party for the first time?

3. What does Jazmin want?

4. How does Jazmin's mother want to spell her name?

5. What kind of coat did Jazmin's father wear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jazmin think that Jabari is lucky?

4. Why does T.C. pull the gun at the poker party?

5. Who is Aunt Sarah?

6. How does Jazmin say Amsterdam Avenue will fool you?

7. When does Jazmin think that people will learn to spell her name correctly?

8. Describe Jazmin's father's Cadillac.

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

10. What happened to Jazmin's father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of pictures and memories in Jazmin's book. Although Jazmin had no one to take pictures of her as a child, how is she making her own pictures? How does she hold on to memories?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the incident where Jazmin and her sister ran away from their abusive foster home. Jazmin believes they were assisted by angels in making it to their mother's apartment safely. Do you agree with Jazmin? Can you think of any other explanations for this experience?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the way that Jazmin handled herself when faced with Brenda the bully. Do you think that Jazmin handled this situation properly? What might she have done differently?

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