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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. Who is the main character in the Cosby story that Jazmin really likes?

2. What does Jazmin refuse to do?

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

4. What did Jazmin do when it would storm?

5. What does Jazmin give her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the people at Jazmin's mother's hospital know who Jazmin is?

2. Why are Jazmin and her sister moving?

3. What is in the big box that CeCe and Jazmin give to Destinee?

4. How does Jazmin handle her fear from her experience with the rat?

5. Why does Jazmin not want to go to see her mother?

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

7. What happens to Jazmin at Carlton's apartment?

8. How does Jazmin handle Brenda's bullying?

9. What is the symbolism of Jazmin starting a new notebook when the girls move?

10. To what different circumstances do the girls respond with laughter?

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

Essay Topic 3

What is Aunt Sarah's role in the novel?

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