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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 dreams in her past does Grace liken to what lunch will be like now that her place in the school is so uncertain?
(a) Dreams in which she is aboard a quickly-descending plane.
(b) Dreams in which she is frozen and unable to move.
(c) Dreams in which she is falling.
(d) Dreams in which she is wandering and trapped in a strange place.

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

3. What items does Joaquin tell Ana that Birdie has, while he does not, making them wrong for one another?
(a) A mom.
(b) A birth certificate.
(c) Baby pictures.
(d) A past.

4. How many months after adopting Maya had Maya's mother discovered she was pregnant?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subjects are featured in the majority of the posters hanging on Maya's bedroom walls?

2. What action does Maya tell Joaquin that she takes when she is nervous?

3. When the reader first meets Joaquin, for how long has he lived with his current foster parents, Mark and Linda?

4. What is NOT on the list of things Maya means to do in the two years or so?

5. When Mark and Linda sit Joaquin down to tell him they want to adopt him, what does he think they are about to do instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance when Grace displays self-loathing.

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

3. What quality of Maya and Grace's appearance had Joaquin known to expect even before meeting them for the first time?

4. What are the qualities of Ana's therapy approach that Joaquin appreciates?

5. How is the theme of responsibility depicted in Maya's relationship with her sister Lauren?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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