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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 154-226.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a lengthy report of the struggles Grace has been having, the narrator states "one thing" (181), however, that she does know. What is that one thing?
(a) She wants to spend winter break in Hawaii.
(b) Staying home with her parents is driving her insane.
(c) Going to school with bullies is driving her insane.
(d) She wants to try to get back together with Max.

2. What is NOT an aspect of Ana's office that Joaquin finds too alarming to be borne?
(a) It is white.
(b) It is modern.
(c) It is yellow.
(d) It is clean.

3. Joaquin has always thought that if he does and says the exactly correct things, then no one will know that he is what?
(a) Afraid.
(b) A foster kid.
(c) A monster.
(d) Lonely.

4. What items does Joaquin tell Ana that Birdie has, while he does not, making them wrong for one another?
(a) Baby pictures.
(b) A birth certificate.
(c) A past.
(d) A mom.

5. 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 large and impressive.
(d) The house is dilapidated and small.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Joaquin deliver at the diner that causes Maya to choke on her cookie?

2. When Lauren asks Maya whether she thinks their parents are going to get a divorce, what is Maya's reply?

3. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care at what age?

4. What activity does Grace's mom try to get Grace to do with her during Grace's period of depression?

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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