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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 tells her new psychiatrist that she looks like what, in Chapter 19?
(a) "A crazed vampire."
(b) "A scared little girl."
(c) "A basket case."
(d) "A cheerleader for crazy people."

2. What does Tara do after her routing of putting her fingers on the doorknob in Chapter 15?
(a) Takes a deep breath.
(b) Puts her fingers to her lips.
(c) Touches her ear.
(d) Closes her eyes.

3. According to the Afterword, OCD affects about what percentage of the population in adults?
(a) 5.0.
(b) 6.2.
(c) 2.5.
(d) 7.3.

4. In Chapter 15, after Christmas, Tara doesn't feel she can open any door until she has repeated a routine in which she places how many fingers on the doorknob?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. What does Tara's new psychiatrist say when Tara tells her she hates her in Chapter 20?
(a) "Get it all out."
(b) "I'm not too fond of you either."
(c) "How dare you."
(d) "That's okay. It's not important."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tara take her friends on the way home from school in Chapter 21?

2. Tara's new psychiatrist tells her to think about her parents being dead how many times a day in Chapter 20?

3. According to the Afterword, Sam's explanation of the chemical causes of OCD in the novel is accurate: it is an imbalance in what?

4. What has Tara been given for Christmas that she's proud of in Chapter 14?

5. Tara has a small part in a play for what in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tara describe her analysis of her dream from the beginning of the novel in Chapter 23?

2. How does Tara's treatment with Susan Leopardi begin in Chapter 20?

3. What do Tara and Donna spend Christmas doing in Chapter 14? What does Tara ask Donna?

4. What is the purpose of the book's Afterword? Who is it written by and what does it contain?

5. How does Tara describe her relationship with Sam in Chapter 23? How has Tara grown by the novel's end?

6. What is Tara's first meeting with Dr. Susan Leopardi like in Chapter 19?

7. What does Mr. Jacobson make of Tara in Chapter 17? What questions does he ask her?

8. How does Tara describe her family in Chapter 23?

9. How does Tara relate her school studies to her own life in Chapter 21?

10. How does Tara feel about Sam's impending visit in Chapter 18? How does she greet him?

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