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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. In Chapter 13, what mug does Jade's mother drink from?
2. On her way home from her dad's house in Chapter 18, what is NOT something Jade takes a picture of?
3. In Chapter 2, what does Jade ask her mother to pick up for her from the grocery store?
4. What is the name of the bookstore Maxine takes Jade to in Chapter 19?
5. Who does Jade join when Maxine steps away to take a phone call?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jade find it difficult to relate to some of her classmates at St. Francis?
2. Why does Jade believe Sam wants her to meet her at the bus stop when she comes over after school in Chapter 26?
3. In Chapter 17, Jade visits her father after school. Why does Jade's father not call her on her birthday?
4. When Jade goes to Sam's house for the first time, how does Sam describe her relationship with her mother?
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. What does Sabrina, one of the mentors in the Woman to Woman program, say that this program will help the mentees with?
7. In Chapter 19, where does Maxine take Jade and how does she describe it?
8. What childhood memory does Lee Lee bring up when Jade and Sam go over to her house?
9. What does Mrs. Parker tell Jade will happen if she completes the Woman to Woman mentorship program?
10. In Chapter 8, why does Sam move from her seat to sit with Jade?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
Write an essay analyzing E.J.'s relationship with both Jade and his sister, Jade's mother. How does E.J. grow and change throughout the novel? In what ways does he stay the same? How does his growth, or lack thereof, stem from his relationships with his niece and sister?
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