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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 Jade's birthday plans as the day progresses?

2. In Chapter 13, which meal does Maxine want to treat Jade to?

3. Which games do Jade and her family play at the end of Chapter 27?

4. When Lee Lee expresses that she has "no talent," how does Jade respond?

5. What time does Jade leave for school in the morning in order to catch the bus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to E.J.'s best friend, Alan?

2. What is Jade's relationship to E.J.?

3. In Chapter 16, what does Sam do to make up for missing Jade's birthday?

4. What does Sabrina, one of the mentors in the Woman to Woman program, say that this program will help the mentees with?

5. 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?

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

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

8. In Chapter 24, what does Jade's mother leave next to the phone?

9. When Lee Lee comes over to Jade's house after school in Chapter 6, what do they talk about?

10. What is Jade scheduled to do to celebrate her birthday in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Jade's relationship with Lee Lee. How would you describe their relationship? What is the significance of their relationship? How do they relate to each other?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the importance of collaging in relation to Jade's self-autonomy in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing and then analyzing Ms. Butler's relationship to her own daughter throughout the novel. What does she want for her daughter and is it the same thing that Jade wants? How does she impact Jade's life?

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