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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. What did Tara say her life was ruled by?

2. What was the name of the peak Tara adored in her youth?

3. Who buys Tara a leotard and jazz shoes?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Tara's opinion of her maternal grandparents?

2. How did Tara get injured in Chapter Seven?

3. What surprised Tara about her singing?

4. What led to Tara taking dance lessons?

5. Why was Tara's grandma-over-in-town deemed unmarriageable when she was young?

6. How did Tara's father put the whole family in danger when they drove home from Arizona?

7. How did Tara's parents support her decision to audition for Annie?

8. Why did Tyler use some of his savings to buy silver?

9. What was Tara's father's problem with public education?

10. What did Tara worry would happen if she left the mountain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does guilt play a role in Tara's father's control over her? Analyze examples of times when her father uses his religious and patriarchal views to keep Tara from growing and changing.

Essay Topic 2

Tara realized that pretending the abuse she suffered did not affect her in itself affected her. How did the environment she grew up in keep her quiet and in denial?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Tara's father think women should not work outside the home? How did he convey his beliefs to his family? How did her father justify her mother's work as a midwife?

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