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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) More humorous.
(b) More terrible.
(c) More dire.
(d) More cartoonish.

2. At what location do Joaquin's summoned people appear within his dream?
(a) High on a cliff.
(b) On the edge of the ocean.
(c) Across the railroad tracks.
(d) On the other side of a bridge.

3. What is NOT something about Birdie that Joaquin misses, now that they have broken up?
(a) Her furious anger whenever someone said something she disagreed with.
(b) Her sarcastic wit.
(c) Her laugh.
(d) The smell of her skin.

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

5. 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) He knows that his father and mother met in Mazatlan.
(c) A foster brother once told him he looked Mexican and he knows his father's name is Gutierrez.
(d) He recently received the results of his DNA test.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do Maya's parents feel about the fact that she is gay?

4. What sound does Grace hear coming from all four parents present in the room when Grace and Maya meet for the first time?

5. How old had Joaquin been when he was placed on a psychiatric hold in the mental hospital?

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