View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how long has Joaquin been seeing Ana in therapy at the time he breaks up with Birdie?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 12 months.

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

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

5. 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 did not have a working internet connection.
(c) He had lost the slip of paper containing her number.
(d) He is worried that his sisters will not like him.

6. How many different times has Joaquin been asked to leave a foster home for one reason or another?
(a) 17.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

7. 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 whispering.
(b) The sound of quiet squealing.
(c) The sound of sniffles.
(d) The sound of popcorn being eaten.

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

9. What lie does Grace tell Joaquin and Maya about her long absence from school?
(a) She tells them that she has been attending a college prep academy.
(b) She tells them her family has been on vacation.
(c) She tells them that a stalker has been harassing her.
(d) She tells them she had been sick with mono.

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

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

12. 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.

13. Who is ultimately deemed by the school to be responsible for the chaos that erupts on Grace's first and last day back to school?
(a) Adam.
(b) Janie.
(c) Max.
(d) Grace.

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

15. What is NOT an aspect of Ana's office that Joaquin finds too alarming to be borne?
(a) It is clean.
(b) It is white.
(c) It is yellow.
(d) It is modern.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care at what age?

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

4. What is NOT something about Birdie that Joaquin misses, now that they have broken up?

5. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care by whom?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 693 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample