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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nervous habit has Joaquin never been able to break?
(a) Twisting his hair.
(b) Pulling his earlobe.
(c) Bouncing his leg.
(d) Rubbing the back of his neck.

2. During the period when Grace watches television all day instead of studying, what people is she speaking of when she thinks that "those people's problems always seemed much worse, yet much more easily solvable, than her own" (181)?
(a) People on soap operas.
(b) People on the news.
(c) People on sitcoms.
(d) People on courtroom judge shows.

3. What announcement does Maya make at the dinner table with her dad and Lauren that makes Lauren choke on her food?
(a) She wants to look for her biological mother.
(b) She is going to shave her head.
(c) She has been volunteering at Planned Parenthood for three months.
(d) She wants to join the roller derby team.

4. What is NOT one of the activities Joaquin lists among the things he has learned from certain foster siblings and parents over the years?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Baking.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Diving.

5. For how long is Maya's mother in the hospital due to her head wound?
(a) Three hours.
(b) A week.
(c) Overnight.
(d) Two days.

6. What snack do Lauren and Maya share at 2 a.m. the morning after their big argument the day before?
(a) Oreos.
(b) Cap'n Crunch.
(c) Twinkies.
(d) Swedish Fish.

7. What activity does Grace's mom try to get Grace to do with her during Grace's period of depression?
(a) Parasailing.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Painting.
(d) Swimming.

8. Who is the first person Maya calls after hanging up with 911 on the night of her mother's accident?
(a) Claire.
(b) Rafe.
(c) Grace.
(d) Joaquin.

9. Who asks Joaquin to come into his office for a quick minute as Joaquin is leaving school on a Friday?
(a) The principal.
(b) The guidance counselor.
(c) The vice principal.
(d) His English teacher.

10. What news does Joaquin deliver at the diner that causes Maya to choke on her cookie?
(a) He says that Mark and Linda want to adopt him.
(b) He says that he has thought about hurting himself.
(c) He says that he and Birdie are broken up.
(d) He says that he has located his biological father.

11. In what room does Lauren find her mother unconscious and bleeding from the head?
(a) Her mother's bathroom.
(b) The library.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The sunroom.

12. What does Joaquin regret telling Maya and Grace once he gets home from meeting up with them?
(a) He regrets telling them that he hates birthdays.
(b) He regrets telling them that he knows how to punch.
(c) He regrets telling them that he is glad they are in his life.
(d) He regrets telling them that he does not want to find their biological mother.

13. Joaquin has always thought that if he does and says the exactly correct things, then no one will know that he is what?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Lonely.
(c) A foster kid.
(d) A monster.

14. What does Rafe tell Grace about his family situation?
(a) His grandparents had raised him when his parents died.
(b) His parents have been married for twenty years.
(c) His parents divorced when he was five, but they had fought incessantly before that.
(d) His parents divorced when he was twelve.

15. How does Grace's mother find out she has been hanging around with Rafe?
(a) She finds messages from Rafe on Grace's phone.
(b) A neighbor calls and reports seeing Grace with a boy.
(c) Grace tells them.
(d) Rafe introduces himself when Grace is not at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What compliment does Rafe give to Grace when he is about to kiss her?

2. What is Grace's response when her mother asks about the boy she has been seen hanging out with?

3. What does Joaquin immediately think is happening when he returns home from his therapy session and sees a strange car in the driveway?

4. In what city does Maya's mom enter a rehab facility for her alcoholism?

5. What is NOT among the list of things Maya has thought of saying to Claire the first time they speak after the break-up?

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