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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. What does Joaquin regret telling Maya and Grace once he gets home from meeting up with them?
(a) He regrets telling them that he hates birthdays.
(b) He regrets telling them that he is glad they are in his life.
(c) He regrets telling them that he knows how to punch.
(d) He regrets telling them that he does not want to find their biological mother.

2. Who angers Maya by asking whether her parents' divorce will affect her status as an adopted child?
(a) Lauren.
(b) Grace.
(c) Joaquin.
(d) Janie.

3. Joaquin has always thought that if he does and says the exactly correct things, then no one will know that he is what?
(a) A monster.
(b) Lonely.
(c) A foster kid.
(d) Afraid.

4. For how long is Maya's mother in the hospital due to her head wound?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) A week.
(d) Overnight.

5. Whom does Grace tell her mom she is meeting at the mall when she is really going to visit Rafe at the cooking store?
(a) Janie.
(b) Maya.
(c) Joaquin.
(d) Peach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Joaquin deliver at the diner that causes Maya to choke on her cookie?

2. Once Adam leaves the scene of his altercation with Joaquin, what does Joaquin do?

3. Where does Maya's mother go directly from the hospital?

4. Who is the first person Maya calls after hanging up with 911 on the night of her mother's accident?

5. Before Joaquin and Adam part, Joaquin tells Adam that the two of them will have major problems if what event happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Joaquin provide when he tells Grace and Maya that he told Mark and Linda he did not want them to adopt him?

2. What lie does Joaquin tell Mark and Linda about his recent visits with Ana, his therapist?

3. How does Joaquin feel after his altercation with Adam and why?

4. In what ways do Grace's parents try to get her engaged in life again after Peach's birth and adoption?

5. What does Joaquin do when he is overcome by the feelings associated with his altercation with Adam?

6. What are the characteristics of Lauren's communication with Claire that Maya considers unforgivable?

7. What turns out to be the mysterious event involving Joaquin and the Buchanans?

8. During Mark and Linda's second inquiry into Joaquin's feelings about their possible adoption of him, what is the question he finally poses to them?

9. What does Joaquin view as ironic about everyone making college plans around him at school?

10. What word does Maya's dad use in reference to Maya's birth mother that infuriates Maya?

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