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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What snack do Lauren and Maya share at 2 a.m. the morning after their big argument the day before?
(a) Oreos.
(b) Cap'n Crunch.
(c) Swedish Fish.
(d) Twinkies.

2. Who tells Claire about Maya's mom checking into rehab?
(a) Maya.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Joaquin.
(d) Rafe.

3. To which of her family members does Maya stop speaking for a week when she becomes angry?
(a) Her father.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Hermother.
(d) Grace.

4. 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) Baking.
(b) Diving.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Calligraphy.

5. What action does Maya demand of Lauren during their argument about Maya's identity as an adopted child?
(a) She tells Lauren not to try to make her feel bad for attempting to find her place in the world.
(b) She tells Lauren to hug their father more often.
(c) She tells Lauren that she has to come to the rehab facility to visit their mother.
(d) She tells Lauren to stop acting like their mother has died.

6. 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 wily mongoose.
(c) A frightened child.
(d) A wild animal.

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

8. Who is the only member of the family who cries the day when one family members moves out permanently?
(a) Lauren.
(b) Lauren and Maya's dad.
(c) Maya.
(d) Lauren and Maya's mom.

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

10. What is NOT a reason Maya's mother insists that she cannot have a dog?
(a) Lauren is allergic to dogs.
(b) Dogs drool.
(c) Dogs shed.
(d) Dogs barf on the rug.

11. What order does Maya give Claire before storming off after their post-break-up fight at school?
(a) Not to text Maya's mom.
(b) Not to text Lauren.
(c) Not to text Maya's dad.
(d) Not to text Joaquin.

12. How does Grace react when Rafe guesses correctly that she is "worried that the adoptive parents [she] chose for Peach are going to split up"? (186)
(a) She stares at him in awe.
(b) She punches him playfully.
(c) She starts to cry.
(d) She runs out of the room.

13. What announcement does Maya make at the dinner table with her dad and Lauren that makes Lauren choke on her food?
(a) She has been volunteering at Planned Parenthood for three months.
(b) She is going to shave her head.
(c) She wants to look for her biological mother.
(d) She wants to join the roller derby team.

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

15. Where does Maya's mother go directly from the hospital?
(a) To a rehab facility.
(b) To a bar.
(c) To Maya's dad's new apartment.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Grace dream night after night subsequent to meeting Maya and Joaquin?

2. What name does Adam call Grace that causes Joaquin to fly into a rage?

3. What does Maya catch herself doing one afternoon, even though her mom is in rehab and is not at home?

4. When the narrator states that Grace is not ashamed of Rafe, of whom is she said to be ashamed instead?

5. For what transgression does Maya punish Claire repeatedly, leading to the couple's break-up?

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