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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 happens to Jazmin when she takes off her glasses?

2. Who is CeCe?

3. Who does Jazmin credit with getting her and her sister to their mother's home?

4. What is one name to which Jazmin does not suggest her name be changed?

5. Where did Jazmin lose her poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What phrase is it that Jazmin believes she'll have to go through life saying?

2. How does Jazmin describe the Garden of Eden Bar and Grill?

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

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

5. Describe the street where Jazmin is sitting.

6. Why does CeCe hear her parent's argument?

7. Why does Jazmin like the stoop?

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

9. What does CeCe hate for Jazmin to do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect did Jazmin's father's car wreck, hospital stay and resulting death have on Jazmin?

Essay Topic 2

Based on information given in the book, create a chronological account of Jazmin's life.

Essay Topic 3

This novel is divided into sections of journal entries, each of which is preceded by a poem. Chose one section and its corresponding poem and describe how the poem ties into that particular section.

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