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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. When Maya's parents tell her about Grace, what do they say is the relationship between the two girls?
(a) Grace and Maya are half-sisters.
(b) Grace and Maya are second cousins.
(c) Grace and Maya have the same godparents.
(d) Grace and Maya are sisters.

2. When Mark and Linda wake Joaquin from a nightmare, for whom do they say he had been calling in his sleep?
(a) Grace and Maya.
(b) Lauren and Rafe.
(c) Mark and Linda.
(d) His mother and father.

3. When Lauren asks Maya whether she thinks their parents are going to get a divorce, what is Maya's reply?
(a) She tells Lauren that she hopes they do.
(b) She tells Lauren not to be stupid.
(c) She tells Lauren she thinks their parents will be happier if they do.
(d) She tells Lauren to shut up and never to say that again.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Max's parents say are the plans for his future that conflict with being a teenage father?

3. What does Grace end up doing on homecoming night?

4. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care at what age?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grace whisper over and over to her unborn child and how does the detail depict the novel's themes of guilt and responsibility?

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

3. What aspect of Maya's character causes her to qualify as a member of a marginalized community?

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

5. How does the father of Grace's daughter spend the night of the homecoming dance?

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

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

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

9. What is ironic about Grace's television-watching habits prior to becoming pregnant with Peach?

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

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