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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 the saleswoman respond when Sam takes her backpack into the dressing room?

2. Who does Jade call in Chapter 50 after getting annoyed with Sam in the previous chapter?

3. What does Jade say is similiar between her and York?

4. In Chapter 47, who is the young teenager who is beaten by the Vancouver police?

5. What does Jade say she wants Maxine to do that would help her think about business and success?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 42, what news does Jade share with her mother?

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

3. What news is announced at the Winters' dinner table and how does Maxine respond to it?

4. Once at the fundraiser, how does Jade feel?

5. What do Maxine and Jade talk about in Chapter 52?

6. What does Maxine get wrong about Jade?

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

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

9. What does Gina, a Woman to Woman board member, encourage Jade to do?

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

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

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 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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