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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the pseudonym given to Tara's mother?
(a) Faye.
(b) Fannie.
(c) Frankie.
(d) Friar.

2. What was the name of the peak Tara adored in her youth?
(a) Luck Peak.
(b) Muck Duck.
(c) Chuck's Nest.
(d) Buck's Peak.

3. What did Tara's family pack in their emergency bags?
(a) Rations and weapons.
(b) Gold and diamonds.
(c) Milk and honey.
(d) Money and snacks.

4. Which fictional family did Tara's father tell her were freedom fighters?
(a) The Weasels.
(b) The Waltons.
(c) The Weavers.
(d) The Weasleys.

5. Which of Tara's brothers left home before Tyler?
(a) Tyler and Faye.
(b) Richard and Gene.
(c) Gene and Tony.
(d) Tony and Shawn.

6. What did Tara say her life was ruled by?
(a) Sound of Silence.
(b) Seances.
(c) Sandstorms.
(d) Cycle of the Seasons.

7. What was Tara's paternal grandmother called?
(a) Hillbilly Gran.
(b) Grandma Moses.
(c) Granny Hilly.
(d) Grandma-down-the-hill.

8. Which speech impediment does Tyler have?
(a) Mute.
(b) Stutter.
(c) He does not have one.
(d) Lisp.

9. Which authors are quoted in the Epigraph?
(a) The Kowalski Sisters.
(b) Charlotte and Emily Bronte.
(c) Nick and Norah.
(d) Virginia Woolf and John Dewey.

10. What lessons does Tara take after dance?
(a) Tap.
(b) Voice.
(c) Softball.
(d) Soccer.

11. Which sibling did Tara often roam the hills with?
(a) Tonya.
(b) Richard.
(c) Tony.
(d) Reggie.

12. Which of Tara's siblings broke limbs and required a doctor?
(a) Tyler.
(b) Audrey.
(c) Terry.
(d) April.

13. What age was Tara when her mother stopped teaching her?
(a) 11.
(b) 1.
(c) 18.
(d) 8.

14. Who became the grunts when Luke became the eldest son at home?
(a) Richard and Minnie.
(b) Faye and Gene.
(c) Tara and Richard.
(d) Luke and Laura.

15. How old was Tara when she began scrapping metal?
(a) She did not scrap.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tara's mother have installed when she began working?

2. What is the pseudonym given to Tara's father?

3. What type of jobs did Tara's two oldest brother's have?

4. Which point of view is the story told from?

5. What was Tara's mother's original outlook on homeschooling her children?

(see the answer keys)

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