View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Max's parents say are the plans for his future that conflict with being a teenage father?
(a) He plans to attend UCLA.
(b) He plans to attend Stanford.
(c) He plans to become a doctor.
(d) He plans to be a college professor.

2. What tune does the doorbell at Maya's house play?
(a) That's Amore.
(b) Ode to Joy.
(c) Old Paint.
(d) Chopsticks.

3. What is NOT an aspect of Ana's office that Joaquin finds too alarming to be borne?
(a) It is yellow.
(b) It is clean.
(c) It is modern.
(d) It is white.

4. 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?
(a) Grace.
(b) Max.
(c) Janie.
(d) Adam.

5. For what reason are Grace and her parents surprised when they pull up to Maya's house for the first time?
(a) There is a yacht on a trailer in the driveway.
(b) The house is large and impressive.
(c) The whole family is out in the front yard playing croquet.
(d) The house is dilapidated and small.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grace say that both Max and his father do when they are angry?

2. 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?

3. When Lauren asks Maya whether she thinks their parents are going to get a divorce, what is Maya's reply?

4. Even before meeting his biological sisters, Joaquin had known that they would both be what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the author demonstrate the difference between Grace's high school days before Peach and her experiences at school after Peach's birth?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,152 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample