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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What had one set of Joaquin's foster parents done to discourage him from being left-handed?
(a) They had taped his left hand shut.
(b) They had glued the fingers of his left hand together.
(c) They had tied his left hand behind his back.
(d) They had attached a string to his left hand as a reminder to use his right hand.
2. Even before meeting his biological sisters, Joaquin had known that they would both be what?
(a) Tall.
(b) Pretty.
(c) White.
(d) Tiny.
3. When Lauren asks Maya whether she thinks their parents are going to get a divorce, what is Maya's reply?
(a) She tells Lauren not to be stupid.
(b) She tells Lauren to shut up and never to say that again.
(c) She tells Lauren that she hopes they do.
(d) She tells Lauren she thinks their parents will be happier if they do.
4. What is Joaquin's reason for believing he is part Mexican?
(a) He recently received the results of his DNA test.
(b) A foster brother once told him he looked Mexican and he knows his father's name is Gutierrez.
(c) He knows that his father and mother met in Mazatlan.
(d) Mark and Linda researched his genealogy and told him of their findings.
5. For what reason are Grace and her parents surprised when they pull up to Maya's house for the first time?
(a) There is a yacht on a trailer in the driveway.
(b) The house is large and impressive.
(c) The house is dilapidated and small.
(d) The whole family is out in the front yard playing croquet.
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator states that after meeting Joaquin, Maya has a hard time doing what?
2. What item is said to have appeared on the bodies of Janie and Rachel in Grace's absence from school?
3. 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)?
4. When the reader first meets Joaquin, for how long has he lived with his current foster parents, Mark and Linda?
5. What is NOT among the list of names Grace had been called by other students during her time attending high school while pregnant?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two aspects of Maya's own identity does she think about during her long sleepless night after meeting Joaquin?
2. What are the qualities of Ana's therapy approach that Joaquin appreciates?
3. What does Grace whisper over and over to her unborn child and how does the detail depict the novel's themes of guilt and responsibility?
4. What does the tattoo across the shoulders of one of Joaquin's older foster brothers symbolize?
5. What simile does the narrator use to depict the careful way in which Grace's father tells her that she has biological siblings?
6. What does Janie's purse symbolize upon Grace's return to high school?
7. How does Joaquin respond to the teacher's aide's request of him at Christmastime?
8. What reasons are given for Maya's love of the Disney film version of Alice in Wonderland and how does her perspective on her favorite scene change over time?
9. What favor does the teacher's aide for Joaquin's class ask Joaquin to do around Christmastime?
10. How does the father of Grace's daughter spend the night of the homecoming dance?
This section contains 1,447 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
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