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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 action does Maya demand of Lauren during their argument about Maya's identity as an adopted child?
(a) She tells Lauren not to try to make her feel bad for attempting to find her place in the world.
(b) She tells Lauren to stop acting like their mother has died.
(c) She tells Lauren that she has to come to the rehab facility to visit their mother.
(d) She tells Lauren to hug their father more often.

2. 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 five, but they had fought incessantly before that.
(c) His parents have been married for twenty years.
(d) His parents divorced when he was twelve.

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

4. What is NOT a feature of the necklace Grace keeps hidden under her shirt to honor her biological daughter?
(a) It has a tiny peach on it.
(b) It has a heart on it.
(c) It has a tiny letter M on it.
(d) It has a long gold chain.

5. How do Maya and Joaquin find out about Grace's pregnancy and about Peach?
(a) Grace tells them at the diner.
(b) Maya reads a text aloud from Grace's phone while all three are goofing around.
(c) Joaquin finds a picture of Peach in the drawer while all three are goofing around.
(d) Adam tells them at the mall.

Short Answer Questions

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

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)?

3. Whenever the vice principal sees Joaquin and Birdie kissing at school, he says what word in their direction?

4. For what transgression does Maya punish Claire repeatedly, leading to the couple's break-up?

5. In what way does Joaquin physically interact with Adam after Adam insults Grace?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Grace muses that she is now a girl who does not "have friends anymore" (183), she makes one exception. Whom does she say is her friend?

2. How does Maya characterize her relationship with Lauren?

3. What are the contents of the text Maya receives from her dad, setting in motion the chain of events that lead to Maya and Claire's break-up?

4. What are the living arrangements in Maya's family after her parent's separation?

5. What is Rafe's family situation?

6. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Joaquin's reaction to his sisters' queries after his altercation with Adam?

7. What reasons does Joaquin provide when he tells Grace and Maya that he told Mark and Linda he did not want them to adopt him?

8. What turns out to be the mysterious event involving Joaquin and the Buchanans?

9. How does Joaquin feel after his altercation with Adam and why?

10. For what transgression does Maya blame Claire for an extended period of time near the end of the couple's relationship and why?

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