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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 test did Tyler tell Tara to take?

2. What did Tara believe Shawn was seeking in his violence?

3. What did Shawn help Tara do with her horse?

4. Which boy was Tara interested in at the Opera House?

5. What was Shawn studying for while Tara was away at college?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what did Shawn do when Tara refused to apologize?

2. What were Tara's injuries after the second car crash driving home from Arizona?

3. How did Tara's fear of failing manifest itself?

4. What rumors did Tara hear about Shawn from the people in town?

5. What did Tara question about her expected role as a female in her religion?

6. What was Tara's first impression of the people at Worm Creek Opera House?

7. What did Tara's Grandpa-down-the-hill do with most of the wild horses he rounded up?

8. What were some reasons Tara's father insisted she work for him when she returned home on breaks?

9. Why was Tara upset with her mother regarding her knowledge of history?

10. How were the Mormon students at school different than Tara?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Tara and some of her siblings not have birth certificates? Explain the methods Tara's mother employed to get the documents. How was Tara's identity connected to her legitimacy on paper?

Essay Topic 2

In the Epigraph, Virginia Woolf’s quote is about the past and John Dewey’s quote is about education. Explain why the author used these two quotes. How do they represent the entirety of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What was the purpose of Tara's grandma-down-the-hill explaining the Apache women's tears? How could the story relate to the feelings her grandma has about her son pulling away from reality?

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