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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tara do during the play she performs in in Chapter 13?
(a) Begins praying.
(b) Forgets her lines.
(c) Starts counting the lights.
(d) Runs onstage screaming.

2. In Chapter 8, Tara's father spends more and more time and energy transforming the American Legion into "a community center filled with life, laughter and piles of" what?
(a) Cash.
(b) Hope.
(c) Food.
(d) Laughter.

3. Donna begins doing what in Chapter 13?
(a) Skipping school.
(b) Starting fires.
(c) Using drugs.
(d) Having sex.

4. How old is Donna when Tara meets her in Chapter 11?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

5. How many times does Greta say she's been suspended for protecting Tara in Chapter 14?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune?

2. When a girl makes fun of her after the school year starts, who knocks the girl down in Chapter 7?

3. When Tara and her friends share their fears in Chapter 3, Anna says that she is afraid of whom?

4. What school does Donna attend in Chapter 11?

5. Who approaches Tara angry because they don't hang out anymore in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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