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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 227-307.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Mark and Linda ask Joaquin for the second time about his possible adoption, what is his reply?
(a) He says he is leaning toward the adoption.
(b) He says he feels disloyal to his biological parents.
(c) He says he is still thinking.
(d) He says he has decided that he does want them to adopt him.

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

4. What is Grace's response when her mother asks about the boy she has been seen hanging out with?
(a) She says that she is in love with Rafe.
(b) She says that she is interested in Rafe but her interest is not returned.
(c) She says that Rafe is interested in her but his interest is not returned.
(d) She says that she and Rafe are just friends.

5. 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 punches him playfully.
(b) She starts to cry.
(c) She stares at him in awe.
(d) She runs out of the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator states that Grace is not ashamed of Rafe, of whom is she said to be ashamed instead?

2. What is Grace's first class of the day when she returns to school for the first time after Peach's birth?

3. What activity does Grace's dad try to get Grace to do with him during Grace's period of depression?

4. What sound does Adam play in class to torture Grace?

5. What element of Maya's house do both Grace and Joaquin consider strange?

(see the answer key)

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