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

2. Which Black artist does the woman at the bookstore ask Jade about in Chapter 19?

3. What happens to Jade's birthday plans as the day progresses?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Jade ask her mother to pick up for her from the grocery store?

5. Where does Jade get to practice speaking Spanish in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the structure of the novel help readers understand Jade's characterization?

2. In Chapter 8, why does Sam move from her seat to sit with Jade?

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

4. In Chapter 17, Jade visits her father after school. Why does Jade's father not call her on her birthday?

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

6. What is the narrative point of view in the novel?

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

8. What does Mrs. Parker tell Jade will happen if she completes the Woman to Woman mentorship program?

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 13, what reason does Maxine give for missing her one-on-one meeting with Jade?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing Jade's relationship to the city of Portland. How does it impact her identity and emotional wellbeing?

Essay Topic 2

Jade goes through many changes throughout the novel as she thinks about her city, school, and family. In what ways does Jade change and in what ways does she stay true to herself? What distracts Jade from understanding herself and what makes Jade feel whole, completely herself?

Essay Topic 3

Jade questions Maxine's commitment to the Woman to Woman program because she is often flaky and has to take "emergency" phone calls, oftentimes to speak with her ex-boyfriend, Jon. Explain Jade's frustration with Maxine and what it reveals about Jade's characterization in the novel.

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