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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Tara breaks down and tells everyone where to sit during the Christmas meal, her parents grab what and head out of the dining room?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) The mail.
(c) A plate of food.
(d) The laundry.

3. What does Tara's family read after dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) Fortune cookies.
(b) Sports scores.
(c) Their horoscopes.
(d) The Bible.

4. Sam calls Tara in Chapter 19, and tells her that if she doesn't get over her fears, they will what?
(a) Eventually go away.
(b) Liberate her.
(c) Get bigger and bigger.
(d) Destroy her.

5. Sam visits Tara and brings her what inside a box of chocolates in Chapter 22?
(a) A crystal doorknob.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A note.
(d) A golden key.

6. What does Tara's mother threaten to do due to Tara's behavior in Chapter 15?
(a) Have another baby.
(b) Have her committed.
(c) Divorce Tara's father.
(d) Move to Alaska.

7. Where is Kristin in Chapter 21?
(a) New York.
(b) Miami.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

8. In Chapter 21, Tara says that she's studying what in school?
(a) Physics.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) Geometry.
(d) English poetry.

9. What do Tara and Donna go to purchase in Chapter 20?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Milk.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Condoms.

10. What question does Tara greet Sam with when he arrives in Chapter 18?
(a) "What is it like for you?"
(b) "Do you...kiss doorknobs?"
(c) "Do you live with tyrants?"
(d) "Can you feel my pain?"

11. When Tara leaves Sam in Chapter 23, he slams the door in her face and then reopens it and they do what?
(a) Agree to call each other.
(b) Kiss each other.
(c) Wave goodbye.
(d) Put both their hands on the screen.

12. Who does Tara ask to walk home with her after class in Chapter 21?
(a) Chuck and Greta.
(b) Anna and Donna.
(c) Chuck and Donna.
(d) Keesha and Anna.

13. Mr. Jacobson knows someone with a similar problem as Tara's from where?
(a) A doctor he visits.
(b) A magazine article.
(c) A television interview.
(d) His students.

14. Sam tells Tara and her family that he knows what it feels like to what, in Chapter 18?
(a) Kiss doorknobs.
(b) Feel frustrated.
(c) Be misdiagnosed.
(d) Have a tyrant in your head.

15. Tara blames her friend's pregnancy on whom in Chapter 23?
(a) Sister Margaret.
(b) Chuck.
(c) Uncle Joe.
(d) Father O'Malley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tara's new psychiatrist explains that the condition is a disease of the brain, not what, in Chapter 19?

2. In Chapter 19, who asks Tara about her condition?

3. Sam suffers from what condition in the novel?

4. What does Tara say she is frightened of and wants to begin therapy without it in Chapter 19?

5. Who does the pharmacist from the drug store turn out to be in Chapter 22?

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