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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason are Grace and her parents surprised when they pull up to Maya's house for the first time?
(a) The whole family is out in the front yard playing croquet.
(b) There is a yacht on a trailer in the driveway.
(c) The house is dilapidated and small.
(d) The house is large and impressive.

2. What item does the teacher's aide in his U.S. history class ask to buy from Joaquin's family?
(a) Enchiladas.
(b) Tamales.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Oranges.

3. How does Max feel about his father?
(a) Max hates his father.
(b) Max does not understand his father.
(c) Max idolizes his father.
(d) Max fears his father.

4. What does Grace say that both Max and his father do when they are angry?
(a) They flare their nostrils.
(b) They yell.
(c) They shake.
(d) They lower their voices.

5. What dreams in her past does Grace liken to what lunch will be like now that her place in the school is so uncertain?
(a) Dreams in which she is wandering and trapped in a strange place.
(b) Dreams in which she is frozen and unable to move.
(c) Dreams in which she is aboard a quickly-descending plane.
(d) Dreams in which she is falling.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. When Ana asks Joaquin if he will tell Maya and Grace about his psychiatric episode, what is his reply?

4. What item is said to have appeared on the bodies of Janie and Rachel in Grace's absence from school?

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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