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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 pajama pants.
(b) Her shirt.
(c) Her dress.
(d) Her scarf.

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

3. Due to his extreme discomfort with the environment of Ana's office, where do the two begin to meet instead?
(a) A diner.
(b) A juice bar.
(c) A park.
(d) A bookstore.

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

5. What item is NOT part of any outfit Grace considers wearing on her first day back to school after maternity leave?
(a) A maroon shirt.
(b) Pajama pants.
(c) Boyfriend jeans.
(d) A mini-skirt.

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

7. When Ana asks Joaquin if he will tell Maya and Grace about his psychiatric episode, what is his reply?
(a) At some point.
(b) Soon.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe.

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) Graduate from high school.
(d) Finding her biological mother.

9. What action does Maya tell Joaquin that she takes when she is nervous?
(a) She notices small details about her surroundings.
(b) She talks a lot.
(c) She remains quiet.
(d) She twirls her hair.

10. 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 dire.
(b) More humorous.
(c) More terrible.
(d) More cartoonish.

11. What reason is given for Joaquin's long delay in writing back to Maya after she contacts him for the first time?
(a) He had deleted her email by mistake.
(b) He had lost the slip of paper containing her number.
(c) He is worried that his sisters will not like him.
(d) He did not have a working internet connection.

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

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

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

15. How long does it take before Maya receives a response to her email reaching out to Joaquin?
(a) Three hours.
(b) A day.
(c) Three days.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joaquin feel that he always has to say when people start speaking to him in Spanish?

2. What is NOT an aspect of Ana's office that Joaquin finds too alarming to be borne?

3. What sound does Adam play in class to torture Grace?

4. What item is said to have appeared on the bodies of Janie and Rachel in Grace's absence from school?

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

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