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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 Lee Lee say contributed to the civil rights movement in 1955?

2. In Chapter 36, what type of music is Jade's mother listening to in the kitchen?

3. What does Jade compare her mother's cooking pots to in Chapter 36?

4. What do Lee Lee and Jade come up with in Chapter 66?

5. In Chapter 59, what new workshop do the mentors and mentees in Woman to Woman attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jade's reaction to seeing Maxine's family and their house, which overlooks the city of Portland?

2. What is the general flow of events for the fundraiser for Woman to Woman?

3. In Chapter 57, how does Jade react when she realizes that Sam is not on the bus after returning from Costa Rica?

4. What does Jade do with the pictures she took from her walk with Lee Lee and Andrea?

5. In Chapter 52, what does Maxine say the Woman to Woman events cannot be centered around?

6. How does Maxine act when Jade's family start to ask her questions?

7. What reasons does Jade cite that she deserves to go on the trip to Costa Rica?

8. What news does E.J share with Jade in Chapter 47?

9. What changes to the Woman to Women program does Jade tell Lee Lee she wants?

10. What event does Maxine plan at her apartment as a mentor/mentee bonding experience?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing and then analyzing Ms. Butler's relationship to her own daughter throughout the novel. What does she want for her daughter and is it the same thing that Jade wants? How does she impact Jade's life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay analyzing and defining the idea of community throughout the novel. Select 2-3 characters and describe how each relates to his or her community.

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