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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element of Maya's house do both Grace and Joaquin consider strange?
(a) The color of the house.
(b) The wall of family photos lining the staircase.
(c) The shabby kitchen.
(d) The carpeted walls.

2. 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)?
(a) Her scarf.
(b) Her dress.
(c) Her pajama pants.
(d) Her shirt.

3. What is NOT a feature that Grace notices when she sees Peach, who is now six months old?
(a) Melissa's hair.
(b) Maya's eyes.
(c) Joaquin's nose and jaw.
(d) Grace's crooked smile.

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?
(a) Grace.
(b) Adam.
(c) Max.
(d) Janie.

5. Maya reflects on how her mother had looked while entering rehab, saying that she had looked like a what?
(a) A wily mongoose.
(b) A wild animal.
(c) A frightened child.
(d) An exhausted mule.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far along is Grace when she realizes that she is pregnant?

2. What lie does Grace tell Joaquin and Maya about her long absence from school?

3. At what age had Maya found the envelope with her biological mother's possible address on it?

4. In what room does Lauren find her mother unconscious and bleeding from the head?

5. What subjects are featured in the majority of the posters hanging on Maya's bedroom walls?

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