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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 154-226.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the night Maya's parents tell her about Grace, she says that it has been how long since her parents have been home together and not "at each other's throats" (23)?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Years.
(c) Days.
(d) Months.

2. Who angers Maya by asking whether her parents' divorce will affect her status as an adopted child?
(a) Lauren.
(b) Grace.
(c) Janie.
(d) Joaquin.

3. What had one set of Joaquin's foster parents done to discourage him from being left-handed?
(a) They had glued the fingers of his left hand together.
(b) They had tied his left hand behind his back.
(c) They had attached a string to his left hand as a reminder to use his right hand.
(d) They had taped his left hand shut.

4. What element of Maya's house do both Grace and Joaquin consider strange?
(a) The wall of family photos lining the staircase.
(b) The shabby kitchen.
(c) The carpeted walls.
(d) The color of the house.

5. How does Grace react when Rafe guesses correctly that she is "worried that the adoptive parents [she] chose for Peach are going to split up"? (186)
(a) She punches him playfully.
(b) She stares at him in awe.
(c) She starts to cry.
(d) She runs out of the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Grace tell her mom she is meeting at the mall when she is really going to visit Rafe at the cooking store?

2. Who is ultimately deemed by the school to be responsible for the chaos that erupts on Grace's first and last day back to school?

3. Why does Joaquin hate iced tea?

4. When Joaquin can finally speak after fleeing his first meeting with Ana, what place does he say the office had too closely resembled?

5. After a lengthy report of the struggles Grace has been having, the narrator states "one thing" (181), however, that she does know. What is that one thing?

(see the answer key)

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