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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Joaquin's reason for believing he is part Mexican?
(a) A foster brother once told him he looked Mexican and he knows his father's name is Gutierrez.
(b) He knows that his father and mother met in Mazatlan.
(c) He recently received the results of his DNA test.
(d) Mark and Linda researched his genealogy and told him of their findings.

2. What tune does the doorbell at Maya's house play?
(a) Ode to Joy.
(b) That's Amore.
(c) Old Paint.
(d) Chopsticks.

3. What is NOT listed among the activities Maya does late at night for many nights after meeting Joaquin?
(a) Reading websites on her phone.
(b) Talks to Claire on her phone.
(c) Takes Harry Potter quizzes.
(d) Looks at old text messages from Claire.

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

5. What lie does Grace tell Joaquin and Maya about her long absence from school?
(a) She tells them her family has been on vacation.
(b) She tells them that she has been attending a college prep academy.
(c) She tells them she had been sick with mono.
(d) She tells them that a stalker has been harassing her.

6. When Mark and Linda wake Joaquin from a nightmare, for whom do they say he had been calling in his sleep?
(a) His mother and father.
(b) Grace and Maya.
(c) Lauren and Rafe.
(d) Mark and Linda.

7. When Lauren asks Maya whether she thinks their parents are going to get a divorce, what is Maya's reply?
(a) She tells Lauren to shut up and never to say that again.
(b) She tells Lauren not to be stupid.
(c) She tells Lauren that she hopes they do.
(d) She tells Lauren she thinks their parents will be happier if they do.

8. Even before meeting his biological sisters, Joaquin had known that they would both be what?
(a) Tall.
(b) White.
(c) Tiny.
(d) Pretty.

9. What is NOT among the list of names Grace had been called by other students during her time attending high school while pregnant?
(a) Slut.
(b) Shamu.
(c) Fatty.
(d) Baby Mama.

10. Joaquin's favorite foster dad was a man named Rick who thought Joaquin was talented and bought him a set of what?
(a) Crayons.
(b) Oil pastels.
(c) Drafting pencils.
(d) Tattoo inks.

11. Maya thinks that everything seems a certain way "at three a.m." (26). How does she think everything seems at that hour, in comparison to other hours of the day?
(a) More cartoonish.
(b) More dire.
(c) More humorous.
(d) More terrible.

12. On the night Maya's parents tell her about Grace, she says that it has been how long since her parents have been home together and not "at each other's throats" (23)?
(a) Days.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Months.
(d) Years.

13. How much more money on average does Joaquin say it takes in adoption fees to adopt a white baby, versus a baby of color?
(a) $36,000.
(b) $8,600.
(c) $24,500.
(d) $10,000.

14. 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 believes that her mother's alcoholism will worsen in the event of a divorce.
(c) She worries that Lauren will be emotionally crippled in the event of their parents' divorce.
(d) She does not know how her adopted status will affect the choices made by her parents.

15. What sound does Grace hear coming from all four parents present in the room when Grace and Maya meet for the first time?
(a) The sound of sniffles.
(b) The sound of popcorn being eaten.
(c) The sound of whispering.
(d) The sound of quiet squealing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grace say that both Max and his father do when they are angry?

2. 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?

3. What action does Maya tell Joaquin that she takes when she is nervous?

4. How does Max feel about his father?

5. For how long has Joaquin been seeing Ana in therapy at the time he breaks up with Birdie?

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