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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 227-307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The night Lauren asks Maya about their parents' possible divorce, what thought keeps Maya awake all night?
(a) She does not know if she will still be able to attend college if her parents get divorced.
(b) She does not know how her adopted status will affect the choices made by her parents.
(c) She believes that her mother's alcoholism will worsen in the event of a divorce.
(d) She worries that Lauren will be emotionally crippled in the event of their parents' divorce.

2. During the period when Grace watches television all day instead of studying, what people is she speaking of when she thinks that "those people's problems always seemed much worse, yet much more easily solvable, than her own" (181)?
(a) People on sitcoms.
(b) People on courtroom judge shows.
(c) People on soap operas.
(d) People on the news.

3. For how long is Maya's mother in the hospital due to her head wound?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Overnight.
(c) Two days.
(d) A week.

4. When the narrator states that Grace is not ashamed of Rafe, of whom is she said to be ashamed instead?
(a) Janie.
(b) Maya.
(c) Herself.
(d) Max.

5. For what transgression does Maya punish Claire repeatedly, leading to the couple's break-up?
(a) For not kissing Maya goodbye on the first day of school.
(b) For not answering Maya's texts on the night Maya's mother checked into rehab.
(c) For not answering Maya's texts on the night Maya's brother moved out.
(d) For not answering Maya's texts on the night Maya's dad moved out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Maya's father use in reference to her possible genealogical search that causes Maya to become furious?

2. What does Rafe say about his relationship with his sister?

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

4. Joaquin's favorite foster dad was a man named Rick who thought Joaquin was talented and bought him a set of what?

5. When Grace realizes that she is pregnant, she looks up the size of the baby on Google. Her baby is the size of what object?

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