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WorksheetsPiecing Me Together Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What best defines a motif?
A repeated idea or image.
An object that represents an idea.
A message within a novel.
A french dessert.
“I never thought about my deserving the good things that have happened in my life. Maybe because I know so many people who work hard but still don’t get the things they deserve, sometimes not even the things they need.”
Renee Watson MOST LIKELY included this quote to establish that:
If people work as hard as Jade does, they’ll get the same opportunities.
Jade is a very humble person.
Jade doesn’t appreciate the good things that have happened in her life.
The people in Jade’s poor neighborhood have barriers in the way of their success.
When Jade talks about coming apart and being stitches back together, what is a force that stitches her together? Select all that apply.
Going shopping.
Her mother.
Her school.
EJ.
In Lee Lee’s poem, she refers to black girls as a “tapestry.” The BEST explanation of her meaning is:
That all black girls are “woven together” as one
That tapestries help people keep warm.
That black girls need to learn how to sew.
That black girls are being torn apart and stitched back together.
Which of these represents INTERNAL conflict?
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Technology
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Fate
A STATIC character:
Is defined by only one trait.
Changes over the course of the story.
Stays the same.
Has several different character traits.
What is ironic about the Spanish words for “to have success”?
It sounds like “failure” in English.
It has the word “exit” in it.
It has Jade’s name in it (tener jadér).
It translates to “eat a rooster’s beak.”
Which of these best demonstrate that Jade is mature?
"Oh, no, thank you, Mrs. Parker. I have enough opportunities... [g]ive an opportunity to someone else.
"But girls like me with coal skin and hula-hoop hips..."
"So here I am, trying to pick out something to wear that doesn't look like I'm trying too hard or that I don't care about how I look."
"I bought some clothes with the money I made form working as a tutor... I saved some of it though, just in case."
Jade's fascination with York most likely represents...
Her interest in Lewis and Clark's role in Portland history.
That Lee Lee's school is better than Jade's because it teaches history that's more real.
Her journey to be treated as an equal and feel free in her own identity.
Her motivation for learning Spanish to go on a trip like York did.
Why does Jade leave Woman to Woman?
because Maxine didn't show.
because her mom called home.
because she didn't want to play name games.
because Maxine's voice "sounded rich."
When Sam's grandparents say that Jade's neighborhood is a "hood," what is Lee Lee's response?
She think they are right.
She says that Sam's neighborhood is just as 'hood' as theirs.
She thinks that North Portland is the most beautiful neighborhood in the city.
She calls them racist.
“I stare at the mints, and my stomach growls. Loud. I wish I could silence it. Big girls can’t have growling stomachs.”
This quote BEST demonstrates:
the level of poverty Jade lives in.
that Jade is very shy at St. Francis.
that Jade is self-conscious about her body.
that Jade loves mints.
What happens in the cafeteria?
Jade starts a food fight.
Jade and Sam fight over Sam's crush, Josiah.
Sam finds out she got the Costa Rica trip.
Jade gets in trouble for laughing at a joke.
After Natasha Ramsey is beaten by police, the students at St. Francis...
Have a moment of silence.
gold a class meeting to take action.
Watch the news in homeroom.
Act like nothing happened.
When Jade asks Mr. Flores why she wasn't nominated for the Costa Rica trip, he tells her that
her grades have been slipping.
The incident with Mrs. Weber disqualified her from the trip.
he has to care for all of his students.
he didn't think she could afford it.
