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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of whom does Grace dream night after night subsequent to meeting Maya and Joaquin?

3. What does Rafe say about his relationship with his sister?

4. Why does Joaquin hate iced tea?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. During Mark and Linda's second inquiry into Joaquin's feelings about their possible adoption of him, what is the question he finally poses to them?

2. How does the author employ allusion within Grace's thoughts about Joaquin's lonely childhood existence?

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

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

5. After Claire and Maya's break-up, Lauren asks about the origin of Maya's sunburn. What is the significance of Maya's cryptic reply that she had flown "too close to the sun" (200)?

6. In what ways do Grace's parents try to get her engaged in life again after Peach's birth and adoption?

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

8. What is Rafe's family situation?

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

10. What are the characteristics of Lauren's communication with Claire that Maya considers unforgivable?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Robin Benway's novel Far From the Tree and what is the author's message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 2

How is the topic of biological ties treated within the novel and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

Determine the author's message regarding the themes of guilt and responsibility within Far From the Tree.

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