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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Tara when she meets Donna in Chapter 11?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 13.

2. Tara says that she has to warn Donna against what in Chapter 12?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Boys.
(d) Marijuana.

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

4. What school friend of Tara's is described as black and dramatic in personality?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Kristin.
(c) Keesha.
(d) Anna.

5. What does Tara repeatedly do on a ride at the carnival in Chapter 10?
(a) Crosses herself.
(b) Throws up.
(c) Calls for her mother.
(d) Screams.

6. What nun does Tara have negative thoughts about in Chapter 5?
(a) Sister Sarah.
(b) Sister Mary.
(c) Sister Margaret.
(d) Sister Gretchen.

7. What word refers to a woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for her brave deeds and noble qualities?
(a) Heroine.
(b) Goddess.
(c) Matriarch.
(d) Patriarch.

8. When a girl makes fun of her after the school year starts, who knocks the girl down in Chapter 7?
(a) Keesha.
(b) Greta.
(c) Anna.
(d) Wendy.

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

10. Who approaches Tara angry because they don't hang out anymore in Chapter 12?
(a) Keesha.
(b) Anna.
(c) Greta.
(d) Kristin.

11. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea?
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Poltergeist.
(d) Metaphor.

12. Where did Tara sleep the night after the carnival in Chapter 10?
(a) In the family car.
(b) The bathtub.
(c) The floor by her parents' bed.
(d) The couch in the living room.

13. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Foreshadowing.

14. What part of the narrative of literature or drama takes place when the basic internal conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Climax.

15. What is Tara's last name in the novel?
(a) Jacobson.
(b) Krueger.
(c) DeLuca.
(d) Sullivan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Tara says that her parents "release their anxiety by fighting about money, movies, friends" and what?

2. What word means to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce, especially for experimental purposes?

3. Tara is afraid of the germs where in Chapter 3?

4. What is Donna's last name?

5. What school friend of Tara's is described as a jock?

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