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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. When Tara and her friends are looking at magazines in Chapter 7, who exclaims how good the models look?
(a) Anna.
(b) Greta.
(c) Keesha.
(d) Kristen.

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

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

4. Who says that she doesn't need to starve herself to feel special in Chapter 7?
(a) Anna.
(b) Keesha.
(c) Kristen.
(d) Greta.

5. Tara's father says that Tara's mother has PMS, "which he defined as" what in Chapter 10?
(a) "Perfectly Meticulous Syndrome."
(b) "Particularly Mundane Syndrome."
(c) "Pretty Menace Syndrome."
(d) "Periodically Mean Syndrome."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the priest Tara goes to for confession in the novel?

2. Who has a heart attack in Chapter 10?

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

4. When Tara's father takes her to work with him, Tara is happy with the routine they get into of eating where in Chapter 8?

5. What is a form of dermatitis or inflammation of the epidermis (skin)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tara find security in religion, as illustrated in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

5. How does Tara come to feel about Keesha in Chapter 5? Why? What does this evolve into?

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

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

8. Discuss the emotion in Chapter 9 between Tara and Keesha. How does Tara react to pushing her friend?

9. What does Tara overhear her parents saying about her in Chapter 6? How does Tara feel about the situation?

10. How has Tara's erratic behavior evolved at the beginning of Chapter 4? What does Tara do about her condition?

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