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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 31, what is NOT one of Jade's New Year's resolutions?

2. When Sam and Jade finally make plans to hang out at Sam's house, how does Sam respond?

3. At Lee Lee's house, how does Lee Lee describe the clubs at her school?

4. On the bus to school, what nickname does Jade give to a girl she has never seen ride the bus?

5. What is the real name of Glamour Girl, one of Jade's partners in Mr. Flores's Spanish class?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 27, what do Jade and her family discuss at the Thanksgiving dinner table?

4. On her birthday at 11:00 p.m., what does Jade do?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Select two or three symbols from the novel and write an essay analyzing how they relate to one of the novel's major themes.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay analyzing Jade's relationship with Maxine. Explain how it impacts Jade's growth and development.

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