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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 that she hopes they do.
(c) She tells Lauren she thinks their parents will be happier if they do.
(d) She tells Lauren not to be stupid.

4. According to Grace, in what period of her first day back at school does everything "crumble into oblivion" (101)?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Sixth.

5. 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) $24,500.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $36,000.
(d) $8,600.

6. What is Joaquin's reason for believing he is part Mexican?
(a) He knows that his father and mother met in Mazatlan.
(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) Mark and Linda researched his genealogy and told him of their findings.

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

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

9. 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.

10. The night Lauren asks Maya about their parents' possible divorce, what thought keeps Maya awake all night?
(a) She believes that her mother's alcoholism will worsen in the event of a divorce.
(b) She worries that Lauren will be emotionally crippled in the event of their parents' divorce.
(c) She does not know how her adopted status will affect the choices made by her parents.
(d) She does not know if she will still be able to attend college if her parents get divorced.

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

12. When Mark and Linda sit Joaquin down to tell him they want to adopt him, what does he think they are about to do instead?
(a) Tell him that Linda is pregnant.
(b) Ask him to leave.
(c) Give him a car.
(d) Tell him they are getting a divorce.

13. What had one set of Joaquin's foster parents done to discourage him from being left-handed?
(a) They had glued the fingers of his left hand together.
(b) They had taped his left hand shut.
(c) They had attached a string to his left hand as a reminder to use his right hand.
(d) They had tied his left hand behind his back.

14. 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 whispering.
(c) The sound of popcorn being eaten.
(d) The sound of quiet squealing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location does Maya find an empty wine bottle her mother has hidden in the house?

2. What is Grace's first class of the day when she returns to school for the first time after Peach's birth?

3. How many minutes away from Maya's house is Grace's house?

4. What does Grace do when Adam plays the sound in class as an act of bullying?

5. When the reader first meets Joaquin, for how long has he lived with his current foster parents, Mark and Linda?

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