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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 308-374.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care at what age?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. How do Maya's parents feel about the fact that she is gay?
(a) They are angry that she waited so long to come out.
(b) They are proud.
(c) They claim ignorance.
(d) They are reluctantly tolerant.

3. What element of Maya's house do both Grace and Joaquin consider strange?
(a) The color of the house.
(b) The shabby kitchen.
(c) The carpeted walls.
(d) The wall of family photos lining the staircase.

4. Where does Maya find the envelope with her biological mother's possible address on it?
(a) In the back of her mother's closet inside a boot.
(b) In Melissa Taylor's safe deposit box.
(c) In the safe in her parents' office.
(d) In Joaquin's room in the night stand.

5. What action does Maya demand of Lauren during their argument about Maya's identity as an adopted child?
(a) She tells Lauren not to try to make her feel bad for attempting to find her place in the world.
(b) She tells Lauren that she has to come to the rehab facility to visit their mother.
(c) She tells Lauren to stop acting like their mother has died.
(d) She tells Lauren to hug their father more often.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to his extreme discomfort with the environment of Ana's office, where do the two begin to meet instead?

2. What is NOT one of the activities Joaquin lists among the things he has learned from certain foster siblings and parents over the years?

3. 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?

4. What word does Maya settle upon when she decides how it feels for her dad to be back in the family home full-time while her mother is in rehab?

5. What does Joaquin immediately think is happening when he returns home from his therapy session and sees a strange car in the driveway?

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