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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. Which countries did Maxine visit when she was a student at St. Francis?

2. In Chapter 4, what do Mrs. Parker and Jade discuss during a one-on-one meeting?

3. After Maxine's visit, what does Jade's mother want the following day?

4. During their conversation about the Woman to Woman program, Mrs. Parker says it is a good opportunity for Jade. How does Jade respond?

5. Who does Jade join when Maxine steps away to take a phone call?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, where does Maxine take Jade and how does she describe it?

2. What does Jade do when she enters into the library for the first Woman to Woman meeting?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Jade take from her mother's closet?

4. In Chapter 27, what do Jade and her family discuss at the Thanksgiving dinner table?

5. What childhood memory does Lee Lee bring up when Jade and Sam go over to her house?

6. What happens when Glamour Girl offers Jade a mint from her purse?

7. Why does Jade find it difficult to relate to some of her classmates at St. Francis?

8. Why does Jade decide to leave the first Woman to Woman program meeting early?

9. In Chapter 28, why does Maxine need to step away from the group when they are at the Portland Museum of Art for a Woman to Woman mentor/mentee trip?

10. In Chapter 29, why does Jade zoom in her camera on a mural painting of York, who is pictured with Louis, Clark, and Sacagawea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jade's mother knows her daughter is a talented artist but has opinions about whether or not Jade might pursue it as a career. She emphasizes that Jade is also "book smart." Explain Jade's mother's reaction to people complimenting her daughter's artistic abilities and explain what her reaction reveals about her own characterization.

Essay Topic 2

As the novel progresses, Jade's relationships with other female characters in the novel change and grow. Select one relationship Jade has with another woman and explain its significance in relation to one of the novel's themes of friendship, identity, power, or wholeness.

Essay Topic 3

Piecing Me Together is told through Jade's point of view. Analyze the author's choice to tell the story from her unique first-person perspective. How does Jade's point of view affect the plot of the novel? How does viewing the world through Jade's eyes help readers think about society at large?

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