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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 does Jade do after Maxine enters into her house?

2. In Chapter 30, what do Lee and Sam make at Jade's house?

3. What does the man behind the Dairy Queen counter do when he overhears the boys rating women on a scale of 1-10?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Jade think about after Lee Lee leaves her house?

5. Once at Sam's house, what does Jade notice about Mr. Franklin, Sam's grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the end of the novel. How does Jade become at peace with herself? Does she find wholeness in a discovered sense of self, and if so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing and analyzing what you think it means to piece oneself together. How does Jade "come apart" and then piece herself back together again? What scenes from the text show this unraveling and remaking?

Essay Topic 3

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

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