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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What school friend of Tara's is described as a jock?
(a) Anna.
(b) Wendy.
(c) Kristin.
(d) Keesha.

2. What does Tara take from a store in Chapter 12?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Mascara.
(d) A hat.

3. Who believes that catechism is making Tara like this in Chapter 6?
(a) Tara's mother.
(b) Tara's uncle.
(c) Tara's father.
(d) Tara's aunt.

4. The American Legion was founded by veterans returning from what war?
(a) World War II.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War I.

5. What is the name of the priest Tara goes to for confession in the novel?
(a) Father Cartwright.
(b) Father O'Malley.
(c) Father DeLuca.
(d) Father Matthews.

6. What is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man?
(a) Sin of the Rapture.
(b) Easter sin.
(c) Original sin.
(d) Diabolical sin.

7. When Tara asks Donna why she hangs out with her, Donna says that she admires the way Tara can do what, in Chapter 12?
(a) Get lost in her head.
(b) Forget about the past.
(c) Remember numbers.
(d) Stay positive about the future.

8. What is Donna's last name?
(a) Leopardi.
(b) Jacobson.
(c) O'Malley.
(d) DeLuca.

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

10. 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.

11. What word means to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce, especially for experimental purposes?
(a) Replicate.
(b) Reflect.
(c) Determine.
(d) Survey.

12. Why has Donna taken to wearing sunglasses all the time in Chapter 11?
(a) She thinks it looks cool.
(b) She is suffering from migraines.
(c) She had eye surgery.
(d) She wants to sleep in class.

13. How many times does Tara repeat her prayers before leaving the house when she's afraid in Chapter 8?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

14. What refers to the part of narrative where the main part happens or the most dramatic part?
(a) Climax.
(b) Rising action.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Denouement.

15. At the beginning of a narrative, what is the author's providing of some background information to the reader about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Climax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb means to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble?

2. Keesha does not allow Tara to walk where alone in Chapter 5?

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

4. Tara asks Donna how she can do what after going to Communion in Chapter 11?

5. Tara's father says that Tara's mother has PMS, "which he defined as" what in Chapter 10?

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