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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 lessons does Tara take after dance?

2. Who buys Tara a leotard and jazz shoes?

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

4. Which book did Tara's father often read?

5. What helped Tara's mother's headaches?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Tara worry about when Tyler decided to go to college?

3. What safety measures did Tara's father strip from her?

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

5. What was Tara's father's relationship with his mother?

6. What did grandma-down-the-hill plan for Tara in Chapter One?

7. Why did Tara choose to stay home instead of go to Arizona?

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

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

10. What was Tara's father's upbringing like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tara determined that decisions and events shape lives. How was her life shaped by the beliefs and traditions in her family? What examples did Tara have of her older siblings breaking free of the family?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is Tara's father's reaction to her dance recital grounded in his religion? How is his overreaction an example of his own personally skewed impression of modesty? Is the title of the chapter consistent with his opinions?

Essay Topic 3

Why is it that the more Tara learns about the world the less power her parents have over her? In what ways do her father's fears that society will change his children become true for Tara? Is she corrupted or enlightened?

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