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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Max's father tells Grace's parents that Max is dating what kind of girl now?
(a) A girl with ambition.
(b) A beautiful girl.
(c) A good girl.
(d) A nice girl.

2. What items does Joaquin tell Ana that Birdie has, while he does not, making them wrong for one another?
(a) A past.
(b) Baby pictures.
(c) A mom.
(d) A birth certificate.

3. What image keeps bringing on Maya's "terrible feelings pushing their way past her heart and into her throat, choking her" (113)?
(a) The image of Claire kissing another girl.
(b) The image of infant Joaquin waiting for a family.
(c) The image of Joaquin's older foster brother's tattoo.
(d) The image of the bruises on Joaquin's back.

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

5. The narrator states that after meeting Joaquin, Maya has a hard time doing what?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Focusing.

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

7. In what location does Maya find an empty wine bottle her mother has hidden in the house?
(a) Behind the washing machine.
(b) Under the kitchen sink.
(c) In the back of the closet in a pair of boots.
(d) On the back porch inside an empty planter.

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

9. When Maya asks Grace what it is like to be an only child, what is Grace's response?
(a) Awesome.
(b) Boring.
(c) Quiet.
(d) She says she has never thought about it.

10. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care by whom?
(a) His mother Sassafras.
(b) His mother Melissa.
(c) His mother Martha.
(d) His mother Danielle.

11. How many minutes away from Maya's house is Grace's house?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 3 hours.

12. 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?
(a) A walnut.
(b) A cantaloupe.
(c) A dime.
(d) A peach.

13. How far along is Grace when she realizes that she is pregnant?
(a) The first day of her third trimester.
(b) The seventh day of her first trimester.
(c) The eleventh day of her third trimester.
(d) The fifth day of her second trimester.

14. 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.

15. For what reason are Grace and her parents surprised when they pull up to Maya's house for the first time?
(a) The whole family is out in the front yard playing croquet.
(b) There is a yacht on a trailer in the driveway.
(c) The house is dilapidated and small.
(d) The house is large and impressive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grace's ex-boyfriend Max end up doing on homecoming night?

3. What do Max's parents say are the plans for his future that conflict with being a teenage father?

4. When Joaquin can finally speak after fleeing his first meeting with Ana, what place does he say the office had too closely resembled?

5. What is NOT listed among the activities Maya does late at night for many nights after meeting Joaquin?

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