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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) Biology.
(b) Math.
(c) English.
(d) Home Economics.

2. What tune does the doorbell at Maya's house play?
(a) That's Amore.
(b) Chopsticks.
(c) Ode to Joy.
(d) Old Paint.

3. In what location does Maya find an empty wine bottle her mother has hidden in the house?
(a) On the back porch inside an empty planter.
(b) Behind the washing machine.
(c) In the back of the closet in a pair of boots.
(d) Under the kitchen sink.

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

5. What sound does Adam play in class to torture Grace?
(a) The sound of a lullaby.
(b) The sound of a baby's cry.
(c) The sound of a rattle.
(d) The sound of a woman speaking to her baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that after meeting Joaquin, Maya has a hard time doing what?

2. Due to his extreme discomfort with the environment of Ana's office, where do the two begin to meet instead?

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

4. How does Ana react to Joaquin's news that he has broken up with Birdie?

5. Joaquin's favorite foster dad was a man named Rick who thought Joaquin was talented and bought him a set of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Janie's purse symbolize upon Grace's return to high school?

2. How does Joaquin respond to the teacher's aide's request of him at Christmastime?

3. How does Grace spend homecoming night of her junior year, and how does the night differ from her previous expectations?

4. What reasons are given for Maya's love of the Disney film version of Alice in Wonderland and how does her perspective on her favorite scene change over time?

5. What does the tattoo across the shoulders of one of Joaquin's older foster brothers symbolize?

6. What lie does Grace tell Maya and Joaquin about her lengthy absence from school?

7. What is the origin of Peach's nickname?

8. What are a few characteristics of the adoptive parents Grace chooses for Peach and what is one detail about them that particularly pleases her?

9. What simile does the narrator use to depict the careful way in which Grace's father tells her that she has biological siblings?

10. Discuss an instance when Joaquin experiences self-loathing.

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