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

2. What sound does Grace hear coming from all four parents present in the room when Grace and Maya meet for the first time?
(a) The sound of quiet squealing.
(b) The sound of sniffles.
(c) The sound of whispering.
(d) The sound of popcorn being eaten.

3. How many different times has Joaquin been asked to leave a foster home for one reason or another?
(a) 17.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

4. What image keeps bringing on Maya's "terrible feelings pushing their way past her heart and into her throat, choking her" (113)?
(a) The image of the bruises on Joaquin's back.
(b) The image of infant Joaquin waiting for a family.
(c) The image of Claire kissing another girl.
(d) The image of Joaquin's older foster brother's tattoo.

5. What is NOT listed among the activities Maya does late at night for many nights after meeting Joaquin?
(a) Looks at old text messages from Claire.
(b) Reading websites on her phone.
(c) Talks to Claire on her phone.
(d) Takes Harry Potter quizzes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is NOT part of any outfit Grace considers wearing on her first day back to school after maternity leave?

2. What is Grace's first class of the day when she returns to school for the first time after Peach's birth?

3. What is the subject header of the very first email Maya ever receives from Grace and is followed by a question mark within the subject line?

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

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)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 favor does the teacher's aide for Joaquin's class ask Joaquin to do around Christmastime?

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

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

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