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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. Which of Maya's family members is said at the beginning of a chapter to have "moved out on Sunday morning" (154)?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) Maya's mom.
(c) Maya's dad.
(d) Lauren.

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

3. Who tells Claire about Maya's mom checking into rehab?
(a) Rafe.
(b) Joaquin.
(c) Lauren.
(d) Maya.

4. What is Grace's response when her mother asks about the boy she has been seen hanging out with?
(a) She says that she is interested in Rafe but her interest is not returned.
(b) She says that she and Rafe are just friends.
(c) She says that she is in love with Rafe.
(d) She says that Rafe is interested in her but his interest is not returned.

5. What element of Maya's house do both Grace and Joaquin consider strange?
(a) The shabby kitchen.
(b) The carpeted walls.
(c) The color of the house.
(d) The wall of family photos lining the staircase.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Maya and Joaquin find out about Grace's pregnancy and about Peach?

2. What name does Adam call Grace that causes Joaquin to fly into a rage?

3. In what way does Joaquin physically interact with Adam after Adam insults Grace?

4. How does Grace react when Rafe guesses correctly that she is "worried that the adoptive parents [she] chose for Peach are going to split up"? (186)

5. Peach's adoptive parents tell Grace that they will send her letters and photos of Peach for how long?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How is the theme of secrecy depicted within Claire's accusations toward Maya during their fight that ends in a break-up?

5. What are the contents of the text Maya receives from her dad, setting in motion the chain of events that lead to Maya and Claire's break-up?

6. 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?

7. How does the author employ allusion within Grace's thoughts about Joaquin's lonely childhood existence?

8. How does Lauren view Maya's treatment of Claire in relation to her own relationship with Maya?

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

10. For what transgression does Maya blame Claire for an extended period of time near the end of the couple's relationship and why?

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