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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 17, when Jade's dad asks her about Spanish, what does Jade say she enjoys about it?

2. What breakfast food does Jade's mother make for Jade on her birthday?

3. What is "The Talk" Jade has with her mother in Chapter 2?

4. What does Jade's mother believe E.J. could benefit from doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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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