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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 Birdie's real name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Wilhelmina.
(d) Victoria.

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

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

4. 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 soft bed.
(c) A set of wings.
(d) Jet fuel.

5. Once Adam leaves the scene of his altercation with Joaquin, what does Joaquin do?
(a) He sits down on the sidewalk and starts to cry.
(b) He punches a tree.
(c) He high-fives Grace and Maya.
(d) He takes off running down the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Rafe say that it is a bad idea for Grace to keep Peach a secret from Joaquin and Maya?

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

3. What announcement does Maya make at the dinner table with her dad and Lauren that makes Lauren choke on her food?

4. What order does Maya give Claire before storming off after their post-break-up fight at school?

5. What element of Maya's house do both Grace and Joaquin consider strange?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator mean when stating that Grace feels "trapped in the amber of her pregnancy" (182)?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Maya characterize her relationship with Lauren?

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

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

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