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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much more money on average does Joaquin say it takes in adoption fees to adopt a white baby, versus a baby of color?

2. What dreams in her past does Grace liken to what lunch will be like now that her place in the school is so uncertain?

3. When Grace first begins thinking about the Homecoming Dance, for how long has she been dating Max?

4. What is Grace's first class of the day when she returns to school for the first time after Peach's birth?

5. What reason is given for Joaquin's long delay in writing back to Maya after she contacts him for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the origin of Peach's nickname?

2. How does Joaquin respond to the teacher's aide's request of him at Christmastime?

3. How does Grace spend homecoming night of her junior year, and how does the night differ from her previous expectations?

4. What are a few characteristics of the adoptive parents Grace chooses for Peach and what is one detail about them that particularly pleases her?

5. What quality of Maya and Grace's appearance had Joaquin known to expect even before meeting them for the first time?

6. What are the qualities of Ana's therapy approach that Joaquin appreciates?

7. How is the theme of responsibility depicted in Maya's relationship with her sister Lauren?

8. After two weeks of agony spent missing Peach, what desire brings Grace out of her depression?

9. What does Grace whisper over and over to her unborn child and how does the detail depict the novel's themes of guilt and responsibility?

10. What does the tattoo across the shoulders of one of Joaquin's older foster brothers symbolize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Robin Benway's novel Far From the Tree and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of each sibling's character and progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Robin Benway's novel Far From the Tree and what is the author's message regarding these themes?

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