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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favor does Grace ask of Rafe during one of their diner meetings?
(a) She asks Rafe to reach out to Peach.
(b) She asks Rafe to reach out to Maya.
(c) She asks Rafe to reach out to Joaquin.
(d) She asks Rafe to reach out to her biological mom.

2. What item does Maya realize is the only object she has left of Claire, only after consuming it?
(a) A soda.
(b) An energy drink.
(c) A beer.
(d) A joint.

3. When Mark and Linda ask Joaquin for the second time about his possible adoption, what is his reply?
(a) He says he is leaning toward the adoption.
(b) He says he is still thinking.
(c) He says he feels disloyal to his biological parents.
(d) He says he has decided that he does want them to adopt him.

4. 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) Rafe introduces himself when Grace is not at home.
(c) Grace tells them.
(d) A neighbor calls and reports seeing Grace with a boy.

5. Whenever the vice principal sees Joaquin and Birdie kissing at school, he says what word in their direction?
(a) Halverson.
(b) Stop.
(c) Please.
(d) Gutierrez.

6. What does Joaquin do with the "Tips for Phasing Out of Foster Care" (282) he receives from a staff member at his school?
(a) He puts it back into the array of other pamphlets at school the next day.
(b) He throws it in a nearby trash can.
(c) He gives it to Mark and Linda.
(d) He puts it through the shredder at Maya's house.

7. Whom does Grace tell her mom she is meeting at the mall when she is really going to visit Rafe at the cooking store?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) Maya.
(c) Peach.
(d) Janie.

8. What does Rafe say about his relationship with his sister?
(a) He says that he tells her everything.
(b) He says that she has always bullied him mercilessly.
(c) He says that they never speak.
(d) He says that they plan to attend college together.

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

10. Before Joaquin and Adam part, Joaquin tells Adam that the two of them will have major problems if what event happens?
(a) If Adam does not tell Max about the day's events.
(b) If he sees Adam again.
(c) If Adam does not immediately apologize to Grace.
(d) If Adam says another word to Grace.

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 is the truthful answer to the question Grace's mother asks her about her relationship with Rafe?
(a) They are going steady.
(b) They do not like one another at all.
(c) They are engaged.
(d) They are friends who flirt.

13. In what condiment do Grace, Joaquin and Maya find they all like to dip their french fries?
(a) Mayonnaise.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Mustard.
(d) Tartar sauce.

14. What name does Adam call Grace that causes Joaquin to fly into a rage?
(a) Wanna-be.
(b) Whore.
(c) Slut.
(d) Poseur.

15. What is NOT a reason Maya's mother insists that she cannot have a dog?
(a) Dogs barf on the rug.
(b) Dogs drool.
(c) Dogs shed.
(d) Lauren is allergic to dogs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What nervous habit has Joaquin never been able to break?

3. Whom does Joaquin avoid telling about his possible adoption, for fear of letting that person's opinion sway him?

4. What activity does Grace's dad try to get Grace to do with him during Grace's period of depression?

5. What is the reason that Maya's dad cannot make their dinner date when he texts to let her know?

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