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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ana react to Joaquin's news that he has broken up with Birdie?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She is dubious.
(c) She is surprised.
(d) She is unfazed.

2. What had one set of Joaquin's foster parents done to discourage him from being left-handed?
(a) They had glued the fingers of his left hand together.
(b) They had tied his left hand behind his back.
(c) They had attached a string to his left hand as a reminder to use his right hand.
(d) They had taped his left hand shut.

3. What does Grace say that both Max and his father do when they are angry?
(a) They lower their voices.
(b) They flare their nostrils.
(c) They yell.
(d) They shake.

4. What item is with the empty wine bottle that Maya finds in her house?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) A dirty wine glass.
(c) A full wine bottle.
(d) A corkscrew.

5. What does Grace's ex-boyfriend Max end up doing on homecoming night?
(a) Being crowned homecoming king at the dance.
(b) Filing custody papers.
(c) Shopping for baby supplies.
(d) Watching his daughter's birth.

6. What action does Maya tell Joaquin that she takes when she is nervous?
(a) She remains quiet.
(b) She twirls her hair.
(c) She talks a lot.
(d) She notices small details about her surroundings.

7. How many months after adopting Maya had Maya's mother discovered she was pregnant?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 16.

8. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care by whom?
(a) His mother Martha.
(b) His mother Melissa.
(c) His mother Sassafras.
(d) His mother Danielle.

9. What does Grace end up doing on homecoming night?
(a) Her mom throws her a wedding shower.
(b) She shops for baby clothes.
(c) She is crowned homecoming queen.
(d) She gives birth to Peach.

10. When Lauren asks Maya whether she thinks their parents are going to get a divorce, what is Maya's reply?
(a) She tells Lauren to shut up and never to say that again.
(b) She tells Lauren that she hopes they do.
(c) She tells Lauren she thinks their parents will be happier if they do.
(d) She tells Lauren not to be stupid.

11. How many different times has Joaquin been asked to leave a foster home for one reason or another?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 17.

12. When Mark and Linda wake Joaquin from a nightmare, for whom do they say he had been calling in his sleep?
(a) His mother and father.
(b) Lauren and Rafe.
(c) Grace and Maya.
(d) Mark and Linda.

13. What reason is given for Joaquin's long delay in writing back to Maya after she contacts him for the first time?
(a) He did not have a working internet connection.
(b) He had lost the slip of paper containing her number.
(c) He is worried that his sisters will not like him.
(d) He had deleted her email by mistake.

14. What is NOT on the list of things Maya means to do in the two years or so?
(a) Finding her biological mother.
(b) Live with Claire.
(c) Go to New York.
(d) Graduate from high school.

15. At what location do Joaquin's summoned people appear within his dream?
(a) High on a cliff.
(b) On the other side of a bridge.
(c) Across the railroad tracks.
(d) On the edge of the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dreams in her past does Grace liken to what lunch will be like now that her place in the school is so uncertain?

2. Max's father tells Grace's parents that Max is dating what kind of girl now?

3. What lie does Grace tell Joaquin and Maya about her long absence from school?

4. What is the subject header of the very first email Maya ever receives from Grace and is followed by a question mark within the subject line?

5. In what way is Maya's hair different from Grace's hair, prompting Grace to consider changing hers?

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