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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT something about Birdie that Joaquin misses, now that they have broken up?
(a) Her laugh.
(b) Her furious anger whenever someone said something she disagreed with.
(c) Her sarcastic wit.
(d) The smell of her skin.

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

3. What item does the teacher's aide in his U.S. history class ask to buy from Joaquin's family?
(a) Raspberries.
(b) Tamales.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Enchiladas.

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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 she had been sick with mono.
(c) She tells them that she has been attending a college prep academy.
(d) She tells them that a stalker has been harassing her.

8. 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) Years.
(b) Days.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.

9. What does Joaquin feel that he always has to say when people start speaking to him in Spanish?
(a) Sorry.
(b) No espanol.
(c) Please repeat.
(d) Speak English.

10. How does Joaquin truly feel deep down about calling Mark and Linda Mom and Dad?
(a) He does not want to call them Mom and Dad.
(b) He wants to call them Mom and Dad very badly.
(c) He thinks he is too old to call anyone Mom or Dad.
(d) He does not see why it matters if he calls them Mom and Dad.

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

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

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

14. What does Grace do when Adam plays the sound in class as an act of bullying?
(a) She quietly leaves the room.
(b) She screams obscenities in Adam's face.
(c) She bursts into tears in her seat.
(d) She flies across the room and punches Adam repeatedly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What image keeps bringing on Maya's "terrible feelings pushing their way past her heart and into her throat, choking her" (113)?

2. What item is with the empty wine bottle that Maya finds in her house?

3. What is the subject header of the very first email Maya ever receives from Grace and is followed by a question mark within the subject line?

4. For what reason are Grace and her parents surprised when they pull up to Maya's house for the first time?

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

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