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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 73-153.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Joaquin's reason for believing he is part Mexican?
(a) He recently received the results of his DNA test.
(b) Mark and Linda researched his genealogy and told him of their findings.
(c) He knows that his father and mother met in Mazatlan.
(d) A foster brother once told him he looked Mexican and he knows his father's name is Gutierrez.

2. In what way is Maya's hair different from Grace's hair, prompting Grace to consider changing hers?
(a) Maya's hair is styled in a pixie cut.
(b) Maya's hair is longer than Grace's hair.
(c) Maya's hair is curlier than Grace's hair.
(d) Maya's hair is in braids.

3. Joaquin's favorite foster dad was a man named Rick who thought Joaquin was talented and bought him a set of what?
(a) Crayons.
(b) Oil pastels.
(c) Drafting pencils.
(d) Tattoo inks.

4. What lie does Grace tell Joaquin and Maya about her long absence from school?
(a) She tells them she had been sick with mono.
(b) She tells them her family has been on vacation.
(c) She tells them that she has been attending a college prep academy.
(d) She tells them that a stalker has been harassing her.

5. What tune does the doorbell at Maya's house play?
(a) Ode to Joy.
(b) That's Amore.
(c) Chopsticks.
(d) Old Paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Next to whom does Grace sit in the class during which she says everything "crumbles into oblivion" (101) her first day back at school?

2. What does Grace end up doing on homecoming night?

3. When Joaquin can finally speak after fleeing his first meeting with Ana, what place does he say the office had too closely resembled?

4. Who is ultimately deemed by the school to be responsible for the chaos that erupts on Grace's first and last day back to school?

5. What is NOT listed among the activities Maya does late at night for many nights after meeting Joaquin?

(see the answer key)

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