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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. Peach's adoptive parents tell Grace that they will send her letters and photos of Peach for how long?
2. What is the truthful answer to the question Grace's mother asks her about her relationship with Rafe?
3. What is NOT one of the activities Joaquin lists among the things he has learned from certain foster siblings and parents over the years?
4. How do Maya and Joaquin find out about Grace's pregnancy and about Peach?
5. What name does Adam call Grace that causes Joaquin to fly into a rage?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does the narrator mean when stating that Grace feels "trapped in the amber of her pregnancy" (182)?
3. For what transgression does Maya blame Claire for an extended period of time near the end of the couple's relationship and why?
4. What does Joaquin do when he is overcome by the feelings associated with his altercation with Adam?
5. 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?
6. What are the characteristics of Lauren's communication with Claire that Maya considers unforgivable?
7. How does Lauren view Maya's treatment of Claire in relation to her own relationship with Maya?
8. What lie does Joaquin tell Mark and Linda about his recent visits with Ana, his therapist?
9. What reasons does Joaquin provide when he tells Grace and Maya that he told Mark and Linda he did not want them to adopt him?
10. How does the author employ allusion within Grace's thoughts about Joaquin's lonely childhood existence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Robin Benway's novel Far From the Tree. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.
Essay Topic 2
What is the message of Robin Benway's novel Far From the Tree concerning the link between family bonds and emotional stability?
Essay Topic 3
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship that develops over the course of the novel between the three siblings Grace, Maya, and Joaquin. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of these siblings' growing connection?
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