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

2. What is NOT on the list of things Maya means to do in the two years or so?
(a) Finding her biological mother.
(b) Graduate from high school.
(c) Go to New York.
(d) Live with Claire.

3. What does Grace's ex-boyfriend Max end up doing on homecoming night?
(a) Watching his daughter's birth.
(b) Shopping for baby supplies.
(c) Filing custody papers.
(d) Being crowned homecoming king at the dance.

4. When Mark and Linda sit Joaquin down to tell him they want to adopt him, what does he think they are about to do instead?
(a) Give him a car.
(b) Ask him to leave.
(c) Tell him that Linda is pregnant.
(d) Tell him they are getting a divorce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the reader first meets Joaquin, for how long has he lived with his current foster parents, Mark and Linda?

2. How does Joaquin truly feel deep down about calling Mark and Linda Mom and Dad?

3. Max's father tells Grace's parents that Max is dating what kind of girl now?

4. How does Max feel about his father?

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

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