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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 give her mother?

2. What does Jazmin do with the last page of her notebook?

3. What started Jazmin's mother's downward spirals?

4. Who is Lillian Wise?

5. What will Jazmin start at her new apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after Jazmin's father died?

2. What does Jazmin pretend she is doing when she is actually moving?

3. How does Jazmin suppose that Crew got his knickname?

4. Why are Jazmin and her sister moving?

5. What types of people does Jazmin say shouldn't be parents?

6. What does Jazmin's school counselor have in mind for her future?

7. Why does Jazmin skip school?

8. What type of mother does Jazmin say that her mother was?

9. Why does Jazmin say that blacks and Jews have much in common?

10. What is the one thing that other girls have that Jazmin wishes that she had as well?

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

Discuss Jazmin's ideas about parenting. Do you agree with her opinions? Why or why not.

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