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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. How old had Joaquin been when he was placed on a psychiatric hold in the mental hospital?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

2. Due to his extreme discomfort with the environment of Ana's office, where do the two begin to meet instead?
(a) A diner.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A juice bar.
(d) A park.

3. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care by whom?
(a) His mother Martha.
(b) His mother Danielle.
(c) His mother Melissa.
(d) His mother Sassafras.

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

5. What reason is given for Joaquin's long delay in writing back to Maya after she contacts him for the first time?
(a) He had deleted her email by mistake.
(b) He is worried that his sisters will not like him.
(c) He had lost the slip of paper containing her number.
(d) He did not have a working internet connection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does Grace hear coming from all four parents present in the room when Grace and Maya meet for the first time?

2. Next to whom does Grace sit in the class during which she says everything "crumbles into oblivion" (101) her first day back at school?

3. When Grace realizes that she is pregnant, she looks up the size of the baby on Google. Her baby is the size of what object?

4. When Grace first begins thinking about the Homecoming Dance, for how long has she been dating Max?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes Grace to lie to Maya and Joaquin about her lengthy absence from school?

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

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

7. What has always been the strategy Grace's parents have used in regards to her status as an adopted child?

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

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

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

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