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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound does Grace hear coming from all four parents present in the room when Grace and Maya meet for the first time?
(a) The sound of quiet squealing.
(b) The sound of sniffles.
(c) The sound of whispering.
(d) The sound of popcorn being eaten.

2. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care by whom?
(a) His mother Melissa.
(b) His mother Martha.
(c) His mother Sassafras.
(d) His mother Danielle.

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

4. When Grace realizes that she is pregnant, she looks up the size of the baby on Google. Her baby is the size of what object?
(a) A walnut.
(b) A cantaloupe.
(c) A peach.
(d) A dime.

5. What subjects are featured in the majority of the posters hanging on Maya's bedroom walls?
(a) Motocross riders.
(b) Movies.
(c) Edward Gorey drawings.
(d) Bands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT on the list of things Maya means to do in the two years or so?

2. 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?

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

4. What is Joaquin's reason for believing he is part Mexican?

5. How long does it take before Maya receives a response to her email reaching out to Joaquin?

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