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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Maya's family members is said at the beginning of a chapter to have "moved out on Sunday morning" (154)?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) Maya's mom.
(c) Maya's dad.
(d) Lauren.

2. Due to his extreme discomfort with the environment of Ana's office, after how many minutes does Joaquin flee his first meeting with Ana?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

3. How old had Joaquin been when he was placed on a psychiatric hold in the mental hospital?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

4. What does Grace end up doing on homecoming night?
(a) She is crowned homecoming queen.
(b) She shops for baby clothes.
(c) Her mom throws her a wedding shower.
(d) She gives birth to Peach.

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 frozen and unable to move.
(b) Dreams in which she is falling.
(c) Dreams in which she is wandering and trapped in a strange place.
(d) Dreams in which she is aboard a quickly-descending plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT something about Birdie that Joaquin misses, now that they have broken up?

2. What does Joaquin do with the "Tips for Phasing Out of Foster Care" (282) he receives from a staff member at his school?

3. Joaquin has always thought that if he does and says the exactly correct things, then no one will know that he is what?

4. When Maya's parents tell her about Grace, what do they say is the relationship between the two girls?

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

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