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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. How does Bailey describe Maxine when it comes to talking about relationships and sex?

2. What is Jade's mother hoping to do with the money she earns from extra shifts?

3. What new deejaying gig does E.J. get in Chapter 61?

4. What does the saleswoman accuse Jade of doing in the store?

5. What is the title of Chapter 72?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jade say to Andrew at the fundraiser?

2. In Chapter 66, what subject is Lee Lee working on for homework?

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

4. What does Maxine get wrong about Jade?

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

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

7. In Chapter 38, what does Jade want to purchase with her emergency money?

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

9. When Jade suggests that she and her mother attend the Woman to Woman class on healthy eating, how does Jade's mother respond?

10. In Chapter 54, why does Jade not want to go to Sam's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jade questions Maxine's commitment to the Woman to Woman program because she is often flaky and has to take "emergency" phone calls, oftentimes to speak with her ex-boyfriend, Jon. Explain Jade's frustration with Maxine and what it reveals about Jade's characterization in the novel.

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 analyzing E.J.'s relationship with both Jade and his sister, Jade's mother. How does E.J. grow and change throughout the novel? In what ways does he stay the same? How does his growth, or lack thereof, stem from his relationships with his niece and sister?

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