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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. Joaquin knows that he had been placed in foster care at what age?
2. How many minutes away from Maya's house is Grace's house?
3. What is NOT an aspect of Ana's office that Joaquin finds too alarming to be borne?
4. When Grace realizes that she is pregnant, she looks up the size of the baby on Google. Her baby is the size of what object?
5. What item is said to have appeared on the bodies of Janie and Rachel in Grace's absence from school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the father of Grace's daughter spend the night of the homecoming dance?
2. 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?
3. What quality of Maya and Grace's appearance had Joaquin known to expect even before meeting them for the first time?
4. What causes Grace to lie to Maya and Joaquin about her lengthy absence from school?
5. After two weeks of agony spent missing Peach, what desire brings Grace out of her depression?
6. What does Janie's purse symbolize upon Grace's return to high school?
7. How does Joaquin respond to the teacher's aide's request of him at Christmastime?
8. What two aspects of Maya's own identity does she think about during her long sleepless night after meeting Joaquin?
9. What are a few characteristics of the adoptive parents Grace chooses for Peach and what is one detail about them that particularly pleases her?
10. What aspect of Maya's character causes her to qualify as a member of a marginalized community?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the author's message regarding motherhood and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Robin Benway's novel Far From the Tree from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 3
What is the function of Rafe's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Rafe and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays this character in these particular ways.
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