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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 227-307.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Max feel about his father?
(a) Max does not understand his father.
(b) Max hates his father.
(c) Max fears his father.
(d) Max idolizes his father.

3. What do Max's parents say are the plans for his future that conflict with being a teenage father?
(a) He plans to attend Stanford.
(b) He plans to be a college professor.
(c) He plans to become a doctor.
(d) He plans to attend UCLA.

4. When the reader first meets Joaquin, for how long has he lived with his current foster parents, Mark and Linda?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. How long does it take before Maya receives a response to her email reaching out to Joaquin?
(a) Three hours.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) A day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joaquin regret telling Maya and Grace once he gets home from meeting up with them?

2. What is NOT a feature of the necklace Grace keeps hidden under her shirt to honor her biological daughter?

3. Who asks Joaquin to come into his office for a quick minute as Joaquin is leaving school on a Friday?

4. What is NOT on the list of things Maya means to do in the two years or so?

5. When the narrator states that Grace is not ashamed of Rafe, of whom is she said to be ashamed instead?

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