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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 308-374.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Ana's illustration to Joaquin about Mark and Linda, to what object does she liken these two potential parents for Joaquin?
(a) A set of wings.
(b) Jet fuel.
(c) Training wheels.
(d) A soft bed.

2. After whom does Joaquin discover he has been named?
(a) His biological uncle.
(b) His maternal biological grandfather.
(c) Joaquin Phoenix, the actor.
(d) His biological father.

3. Due to his extreme discomfort with the environment of Ana's office, after how many minutes does Joaquin flee his first meeting with Ana?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

4. What does Rafe tell Grace about his family situation?
(a) His parents divorced when he was five, but they had fought incessantly before that.
(b) His parents divorced when he was twelve.
(c) His parents have been married for twenty years.
(d) His grandparents had raised him when his parents died.

5. What favor does Grace ask of Rafe during one of their diner meetings?
(a) She asks Rafe to reach out to her biological mom.
(b) She asks Rafe to reach out to Peach.
(c) She asks Rafe to reach out to Joaquin.
(d) She asks Rafe to reach out to Maya.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the period when Grace watches television all day instead of studying, what people is she speaking of when she thinks that "those people's problems always seemed much worse, yet much more easily solvable, than her own" (181)?

2. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care at what age?

3. What object does Grace place upon the table during the big family argument that drains away her parents' anger?

4. What does Joaquin immediately think is happening when he returns home from his therapy session and sees a strange car in the driveway?

5. On the night Maya's parents tell her about Grace, she says that it has been how long since her parents have been home together and not "at each other's throats" (23)?

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