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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Joaquin can finally speak after fleeing his first meeting with Ana, what place does he say the office had too closely resembled?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Jail.
(c) A library.
(d) Purgatory.

3. In what way is Maya's hair different from Grace's hair, prompting Grace to consider changing hers?
(a) Maya's hair is curlier than Grace's hair.
(b) Maya's hair is longer than Grace's hair.
(c) Maya's hair is styled in a pixie cut.
(d) Maya's hair is in braids.

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

5. What subjects are featured in the majority of the posters hanging on Maya's bedroom walls?
(a) Bands.
(b) Movies.
(c) Motocross riders.
(d) Edward Gorey drawings.

6. What does Grace's ex-boyfriend Max end up doing on homecoming night?
(a) Watching his daughter's birth.
(b) Filing custody papers.
(c) Being crowned homecoming king at the dance.
(d) Shopping for baby supplies.

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

8. What is NOT on the list of things Maya means to do in the two years or so?
(a) Live with Claire.
(b) Go to New York.
(c) Finding her biological mother.
(d) Graduate from high school.

9. What item is said to have appeared on the bodies of Janie and Rachel in Grace's absence from school?
(a) Fanny packs instead of purses.
(b) Backpacks instead of purses.
(c) Purses instead of backpacks.
(d) Phone wallets instead of purses.

10. When Maya's parents tell her about Grace, what do they say is the relationship between the two girls?
(a) Grace and Maya are second cousins.
(b) Grace and Maya are sisters.
(c) Grace and Maya are half-sisters.
(d) Grace and Maya have the same godparents.

11. What item of clothing eventually worn by Grace on her first day back to school is said to match "the stress hives that were starting to appear on her chest and neck" (95)?
(a) Her dress.
(b) Her pajama pants.
(c) Her shirt.
(d) Her scarf.

12. What sound does Adam play in class to torture Grace?
(a) The sound of a rattle.
(b) The sound of a lullaby.
(c) The sound of a baby's cry.
(d) The sound of a woman speaking to her baby.

13. When Grace first begins thinking about the Homecoming Dance, for how long has she been dating Max?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Just over two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Just over a year.

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

15. What is Grace's first class of the day when she returns to school for the first time after Peach's birth?
(a) Home Economics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Math.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tune does the doorbell at Maya's house play?

3. For what reason is Janie upset when she sees Grace back at school for the first time?

4. What sound does Grace hear coming from all four parents present in the room when Grace and Maya meet for the first time?

5. How do Maya's parents feel about the fact that she is gay?

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