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

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

3. Who was E.J.'s best friend who was fatally shot?

4. Who is the founder and executive director of Woman to Woman?

5. In Chapter 4, what do Mrs. Parker and Jade discuss during a one-on-one meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Lee Lee meet Sam and what is her reaction?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Jade meet her mentor, Maxine, for the first time?

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

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

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

10. When Jade goes to Sam's house for the first time, how does Sam describe her relationship with her mother?

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

Analyze Jade's self confidence and how it shifts and changes throughout the novel. How do others' opinions and expectations of her reinforce or diminish her sense of self, confidence, and self-esteem? What impact do these experiences have on Jade emotionally?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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