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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confronts Tara about her eccentric behavior in Chapter 4?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Keesha.
(c) Donna.
(d) Paul.

2. Chapter 3 starts in what grade, which Tara says that is the best year of her life?
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Fifth.

3. Who does Tara ask if they think she is crazy in Chapter 6?
(a) Anna.
(b) Greta.
(c) Keesha.
(d) Kristin.

4. Where does Tara go after leaving the store in Chapter 12?
(a) Home.
(b) Donna's house.
(c) School.
(d) Church.

5. What catch phrase does Tara begin hearing over and over in her head as described in Chapter 1?
(a) "Step on a crack, break your mother's back."
(b) "I'm rubber, you're glue, what you say bounces off me and sticks to you."
(c) "Mary, Mary, quite contrary."
(d) "Sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never hurt me."

6. Who asks Tara whether she has ever stolen anything in Chapter 12?
(a) Father O'Malley.
(b) Greta.
(c) Tara's mother.
(d) Donna.

7. When Tara and her friends share their fears in Chapter 3, Keesha says that she is afraid of whom?
(a) Dracula.
(b) Her own thoughts.
(c) Clowns.
(d) Freddy Kreuger.

8. Tara says that she is sent to what classes starting in first grade in Chapter 2?
(a) Algebra.
(b) French.
(c) Catechism.
(d) Gymnastics.

9. Tara fears that her parents will do what in Chapter 6?
(a) Send her to boarding school.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Move to Reno.
(d) Have her committed.

10. Who does Tara's mother run to after a scene at the carnival in Chapter 10?
(a) Tara's father.
(b) Greta.
(c) Mr. Philips.
(d) Dr. Rosenbaum.

11. What refers to the act of holding back, controlling, or checking?
(a) Ritual.
(b) Remnant.
(c) Restraint.
(d) Retreat.

12. In Chapter 6, in fear of her sinful thoughts, Tara says that she begins to do what?
(a) Bake cookies.
(b) Watch religious shows on television.
(c) Read the newspaper.
(d) Study religion.

13. What is a form of dermatitis or inflammation of the epidermis (skin)?
(a) Impetigo.
(b) Eczema.
(c) Psoriasis.
(d) Rosacea.

14. What means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a loss of contact with reality?
(a) Compulsive behavior.
(b) Shyness.
(c) Depressive behavior.
(d) Psychosis.

15. In Chapter 7, Tara says that the summer between fifth and sixth grades was almost normal, although she would not do what?
(a) Go places with her friends.
(b) Swim at the pool.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Read at the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Donna call Tara because she looked spongy and blond in Chapter 11?

2. Who is the captain of the volleyball team in Chapter 3?

3. What is Donna's last name?

4. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

5. Tara sees "the kindness and generosity underneath" Donna's what, in Chapter 11?

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