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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 is NOT one of the activities Joaquin lists among the things he has learned from certain foster siblings and parents over the years?
(a) Baking.
(b) Diving.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Boxing.

2. During Ana's illustration to Joaquin about Mark and Linda, to what object does she liken these two potential parents for Joaquin?
(a) Training wheels.
(b) A set of wings.
(c) Jet fuel.
(d) A soft bed.

3. What nervous habit has Joaquin never been able to break?
(a) Rubbing the back of his neck.
(b) Bouncing his leg.
(c) Pulling his earlobe.
(d) Twisting his hair.

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

5. How do Maya and Joaquin find out about Grace's pregnancy and about Peach?
(a) Grace tells them at the diner.
(b) Adam tells them at the mall.
(c) Joaquin finds a picture of Peach in the drawer while all three are goofing around.
(d) Maya reads a text aloud from Grace's phone while all three are goofing around.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason that Maya's dad cannot make their dinner date when he texts to let her know?

2. Who tells Claire about Maya's mom checking into rehab?

3. What word does Maya's father use in reference to her possible genealogical search that causes Maya to become furious?

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

5. When the narrator states that Grace is not ashamed of Rafe, of whom is she said to be ashamed instead?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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)?

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

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

9. How does Maya characterize her relationship with Lauren?

10. What do the Oreos symbolize in the scene between Lauren and Maya?

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