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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image keeps bringing on Maya's "terrible feelings pushing their way past her heart and into her throat, choking her" (113)?
(a) The image of the bruises on Joaquin's back.
(b) The image of Joaquin's older foster brother's tattoo.
(c) The image of Claire kissing another girl.
(d) The image of infant Joaquin waiting for a family.

2. Whom does Joaquin avoid telling about his possible adoption, for fear of letting that person's opinion sway him?
(a) His therapist Ana.
(b) His sister Maya.
(c) His sister Grace.
(d) His boss Peter.

3. How many minutes away from Maya's house is Grace's house?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

4. What is NOT one of the activities Joaquin lists among the things he has learned from certain foster siblings and parents over the years?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Baking.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Diving.

5. In what room does Lauren find her mother unconscious and bleeding from the head?
(a) The library.
(b) Her mother's bathroom.
(c) The sunroom.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even before meeting his biological sisters, Joaquin had known that they would both be what?

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

3. For what reason are Grace and her parents surprised when they pull up to Maya's house for the first time?

4. What does Grace's ex-boyfriend Max end up doing on homecoming night?

5. What does Joaquin regret telling Maya and Grace once he gets home from meeting up with them?

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