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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. During the period when Grace watches television all day instead of studying, what people is she speaking of when she thinks that "those people's problems always seemed much worse, yet much more easily solvable, than her own" (181)?
(a) People on soap operas.
(b) People on courtroom judge shows.
(c) People on the news.
(d) People on sitcoms.

2. What word does Maya settle upon when she decides how it feels for her dad to be back in the family home full-time while her mother is in rehab?
(a) Comforting.
(b) Weird.
(c) Annoying.
(d) Normal.

3. In what way does Joaquin physically interact with Adam after Adam insults Grace?
(a) He punches Adam twice in the nose.
(b) He gets Adam in a headlock.
(c) He chokes Adam.
(d) He pushes him against the wall and holds his forearm against Adam's chest.

4. What snack do Lauren and Maya share at 2 a.m. the morning after their big argument the day before?
(a) Oreos.
(b) Swedish Fish.
(c) Cap'n Crunch.
(d) Twinkies.

5. To which of her siblings does Maya feel the closest?
(a) Janie.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Grace.
(d) Joaquin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joaquin hate iced tea?

2. In what room does Lauren find her mother unconscious and bleeding from the head?

3. Who angers Maya by asking whether her parents' divorce will affect her status as an adopted child?

4. Whom does Grace tell her mom she is meeting at the mall when she is really going to visit Rafe at the cooking store?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Grace muses that she is now a girl who does not "have friends anymore" (183), she makes one exception. Whom does she say is her friend?

4. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Joaquin's reaction to his sisters' queries after his altercation with Adam?

5. What is the symbolism of the iced tea Joaquin loathes?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. After Claire and Maya's break-up, Lauren asks about the origin of Maya's sunburn. What is the significance of Maya's cryptic reply that she had flown "too close to the sun" (200)?

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