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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tara begins to pray for people who do what in Chapter 6?
(a) Don't trust each other.
(b) Eat too much.
(c) Steal.
(d) Curse.

2. Tara asks Donna how she can do what after going to Communion in Chapter 11?
(a) Use drugs.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Watch television.

3. What does the psychiatrist diagnose Tara with in Chapter 8?
(a) Depression.
(b) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
(c) Attention Deficit Disorder and immaturity.
(d) Bipolar Disorder.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Donna says that she's heard that Tara's family outings are what, in Chapter 11?

2. What school friend of Tara's is concerned with her weight?

3. What does Donna ask Tara if she has in Chapter 11?

4. Who does Tara call repeatedly at work to express her anxiety and fears in Chapter 8?

5. Where did Tara sleep the night after the carnival in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 11 serve the plot of the narrative? How do the events in this chapter relate to those in Chapter 10?

2. How does Tara defend her friendship with Donna to Keesha in Chapter 12?

3. How are the relationships between Tara and her friends described in Chapter 7?

4. What does Tara do after feeling humiliated in front of her schoolmates in Chapter 1? How does she feel?

5. How does Tara describe her relationship with her mother in Chapter 2? How does she describe her friends?

6. How does Tara deal with her parents' absence while they are at work in Chapter 8?

7. How does Tara describe her best friends in Chapter 3? What grade is Tara in at this point?

8. What does Tara relate about her family and her relationship with her father in Chapter 8?

9. How does Tara describe her relationship to religion in Chapter 2?

10. What is Tara's response when confronted about her behavior by a friend in Chapter 4? How do her friends react?

(see the answer keys)

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