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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. What did Donna call Tara because she looked spongy and blond in Chapter 11?
(a) A ding dong.
(b) A sea cucumber.
(c) A Twinkie.
(d) A pound cake.

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

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

4. What refers to content underneath the spoken dialogue?
(a) Ghost text.
(b) Mirror text.
(c) Subtext.
(d) Supertext.

5. What refers to distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Abstinence.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Obscurity.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Tara says that she doesn't tell her mother that she worries all the time, but by what month does school begin getting harder for her in Chapter 3?

4. Who gets angry at Tara and even threatens to kill her in Chapter 6?

5. Where does Tara's mother get a job in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tara reveal to Donna about herself in Chapter 12? What is Donna's reaction?

2. How does Tara describe the summer between fifth and sixth grades in Chapter 7?

3. What is tragic about the image that Tara projects about herself versus the reality in Chapter 3?

4. How do Tara and their friends describe their personal fears in Chapter 3?

5. What leads Tara to study religion in Chapter 6? How is this perceived by her family?

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

7. How is the character of Greta depicted in Chapter 7?

8. What awakens Tara in Chapter 2? Who does she turn to for reassurance?

9. What causes unexpected trauma in Tara's life in Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer keys)

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