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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 does not know if she will still be able to attend college if her parents get divorced.
(c) She does not know how her adopted status will affect the choices made by her parents.
(d) She worries that Lauren will be emotionally crippled in the event of their parents' divorce.

2. To what college had Grace been planning to apply before becoming pregnant?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Cornell.
(d) NYU.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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) 12 months.
(d) 3 months.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Joaquin's favorite foster dad was a man named Rick who thought Joaquin was talented and bought him a set of what?
(a) Drafting pencils.
(b) Tattoo inks.
(c) Oil pastels.
(d) Crayons.

13. 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) The house is dilapidated and small.
(c) The house is large and impressive.
(d) There is a yacht on a trailer in the driveway.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grace say that both Max and his father do when they are angry?

3. How old had Joaquin been when he was placed on a psychiatric hold in the mental hospital?

4. When Mark and Linda wake Joaquin from a nightmare, for whom do they say he had been calling in his sleep?

5. How many different times has Joaquin been asked to leave a foster home for one reason or another?

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