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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. Due to his extreme discomfort with the environment of Ana's office, after how many minutes does Joaquin flee his first meeting with Ana?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

2. When Grace first begins thinking about the Homecoming Dance, for how long has she been dating Max?
(a) Just over a year.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Just over two years.
(d) Six months.

3. 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 frozen and unable to move.
(b) Dreams in which she is falling.
(c) Dreams in which she is aboard a quickly-descending plane.
(d) Dreams in which she is wandering and trapped in a strange place.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is ultimately deemed by the school to be responsible for the chaos that erupts on Grace's first and last day back to school?

2. According to Grace, in what period of her first day back at school does everything "crumble into oblivion" (101)?

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. How long does it take before Maya receives a response to her email reaching out to Joaquin?

5. For what reason is Janie upset when she sees Grace back at school for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. After two weeks of agony spent missing Peach, what desire brings Grace out of her depression?

9. What two aspects of Maya's own identity does she think about during her long sleepless night after meeting Joaquin?

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

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