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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Claire's family situation?
(a) She lives with a foster family.
(b) Her mom is not in her life.
(c) Her dad is not in her life.
(d) Her siblings are her only family.

2. What activity does Grace's dad try to get Grace to do with him during Grace's period of depression?
(a) Yoga.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Golf.
(d) Horseback riding.

3. What does Maya catch herself doing one afternoon, even though her mom is in rehab and is not at home?
(a) Making chocolate chip cookies for her mom.
(b) Going upstairs to collect the latest stash of her mom's wine bottles.
(c) Watching her mom's favorite television program.
(d) Heading toward her mom's bedroom to get a goodnight kiss.

4. How do Maya and Joaquin find out about Grace's pregnancy and about Peach?
(a) Adam tells them at the mall.
(b) Joaquin finds a picture of Peach in the drawer while all three are goofing around.
(c) Maya reads a text aloud from Grace's phone while all three are goofing around.
(d) Grace tells them at the diner.

5. After a lengthy report of the struggles Grace has been having, the narrator states "one thing" (181), however, that she does know. What is that one thing?
(a) Going to school with bullies is driving her insane.
(b) Staying home with her parents is driving her insane.
(c) She wants to try to get back together with Max.
(d) She wants to spend winter break in Hawaii.

6. In what room does Lauren find her mother unconscious and bleeding from the head?
(a) The sunroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The library.
(d) Her mother's bathroom.

7. The car in the driveway turns out to be associated with what cause?
(a) The social worker is there to take Joaquin away.
(b) Mark is having an affair.
(c) Mark and Linda have bought Joaquin a car.
(d) Mark is working on a new restoration project.

8. What does Joaquin immediately think is happening when he returns home from his therapy session and sees a strange car in the driveway?
(a) He thinks that Mark is having an affair.
(b) He thinks that Mark and Linda have bought him a car.
(c) He thinks that Mark is working on a new restoration project.
(d) He thinks that Mark and Linda have decided not to let him stay.

9. Whenever the vice principal sees Joaquin and Birdie kissing at school, he says what word in their direction?
(a) Please.
(b) Gutierrez.
(c) Halverson.
(d) Stop.

10. What does Joaquin regret telling Maya and Grace once he gets home from meeting up with them?
(a) He regrets telling them that he knows how to punch.
(b) He regrets telling them that he does not want to find their biological mother.
(c) He regrets telling them that he hates birthdays.
(d) He regrets telling them that he is glad they are in his life.

11. Maya reflects on how her mother had looked while entering rehab, saying that she had looked like a what?
(a) An exhausted mule.
(b) A frightened child.
(c) A wild animal.
(d) A wily mongoose.

12. Peach's adoptive parents tell Grace that they will send her letters and photos of Peach for how long?
(a) For 18 years.
(b) Whenever Grace asks for them.
(c) The first year.
(d) The first 5 years.

13. When Grace texts Joaquin to tell him the location of their meeting has changed, where does she tell him to go instead of the coffee shop?
(a) Joaquin's house.
(b) The school cafeteria.
(c) Grace's house.
(d) Maya's house.

14. What is NOT one of the activities Joaquin lists among the things he has learned from certain foster siblings and parents over the years?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Diving.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Baking.

15. Of whom does Grace dream night after night subsequent to meeting Maya and Joaquin?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) Maya.
(c) Peach.
(d) Janie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joaquin do with the "Tips for Phasing Out of Foster Care" (282) he receives from a staff member at his school?

2. What does Rafe say about his relationship with his sister?

3. What is the truthful answer to the question Grace's mother asks her about her relationship with Rafe?

4. What is the last name of the foster family housing Joaquin at the time of his violent incident?

5. During the period when Grace watches television all day instead of studying, what people is she speaking of when she thinks that "those people's problems always seemed much worse, yet much more easily solvable, than her own" (181)?

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