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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 154-226.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joaquin has always thought that if he does and says the exactly correct things, then no one will know that he is what?
(a) A foster kid.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Lonely.
(d) A monster.

2. How do Maya's parents feel about the fact that she is gay?
(a) They are angry that she waited so long to come out.
(b) They are reluctantly tolerant.
(c) They are proud.
(d) They claim ignorance.

3. 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 has decided that he does want them to adopt him.
(c) He says he is still thinking.
(d) He says he feels disloyal to his biological parents.

4. Next to whom does Grace sit in the class during which she says everything "crumbles into oblivion" (101) her first day back at school?
(a) Adam.
(b) Max.
(c) Janie.
(d) Rachel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rafe tell Grace about his family situation?

2. When Maya asks Grace what it is like to be an only child, what is Grace's response?

3. Whom does Joaquin avoid telling about his possible adoption, for fear of letting that person's opinion sway him?

4. What item of clothing eventually worn by Grace on her first day back to school is said to match "the stress hives that were starting to appear on her chest and neck" (95)?

5. After a lengthy report of the struggles Grace has been having, the narrator states "one thing" (181), however, that she does know. What is that one thing?

(see the answer key)

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