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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. How does Grace react when Rafe guesses correctly that she is "worried that the adoptive parents [she] chose for Peach are going to split up"? (186)
(a) She starts to cry.
(b) She runs out of the room.
(c) She punches him playfully.
(d) She stares at him in awe.

2. Who angers Maya by asking whether her parents' divorce will affect her status as an adopted child?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) Grace.
(c) Janie.
(d) Lauren.

3. What order does Maya give Claire before storming off after their post-break-up fight at school?
(a) Not to text Maya's dad.
(b) Not to text Joaquin.
(c) Not to text Maya's mom.
(d) Not to text Lauren.

4. To which of her siblings does Maya feel the closest?
(a) Lauren.
(b) Janie.
(c) Joaquin.
(d) Grace.

5. Once Adam leaves the scene of his altercation with Joaquin, what does Joaquin do?
(a) He high-fives Grace and Maya.
(b) He sits down on the sidewalk and starts to cry.
(c) He takes off running down the street.
(d) He punches a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the activities Joaquin lists among the things he has learned from certain foster siblings and parents over the years?

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. For what reason does Rafe say that it is a bad idea for Grace to keep Peach a secret from Joaquin and Maya?

4. How do Maya and Joaquin find out about Grace's pregnancy and about Peach?

5. Where does Maya's mother go directly from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maya characterize her relationship with Lauren?

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

3. What does Joaquin view as ironic about everyone making college plans around him at school?

4. What does Joaquin do when he is overcome by the feelings associated with his altercation with Adam?

5. What is the symbolism of the iced tea Joaquin loathes?

6. What does the narrator mean when stating that Grace feels "trapped in the amber of her pregnancy" (182)?

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

8. What lie does Joaquin tell Mark and Linda about his recent visits with Ana, his therapist?

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

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

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