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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does the teacher's aide in his U.S. history class ask to buy from Joaquin's family?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Raspberries.
(c) Enchiladas.
(d) Tamales.

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

4. What is Grace's first class of the day when she returns to school for the first time after Peach's birth?
(a) Biology.
(b) Home Economics.
(c) Math.
(d) English.

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?
(a) Going to school with bullies is driving her insane.
(b) Staying home with her parents is driving her insane.
(c) She wants to spend winter break in Hawaii.
(d) She wants to try to get back together with Max.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maya thinks that everything seems a certain way "at three a.m." (26). How does she think everything seems at that hour, in comparison to other hours of the day?

2. Whenever the vice principal sees Joaquin and Birdie kissing at school, he says what word in their direction?

3. What does Grace's ex-boyfriend Max end up doing on homecoming night?

4. 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)

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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