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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tara and her friends are looking at magazines in Chapter 7, who exclaims how good the models look?

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

3. When Tara and her friends share their fears in Chapter 3, Anna says that she is afraid of whom?

4. What did Donna call Tara because she looked spongy and blond in Chapter 11?

5. To whom does Tara pray to when she is frightened at home alone in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tara describe the phrase that began her problems in Chapter 1?

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

3. How has Greta's relationship with Tara shifted between Chapter 7 and Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is Donna described in Chapter 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the characters of Keesha, Kristin and Anna in the narrative. How old are the girls? What are their relationships with each other like? How do these friends feel about Tara and her quirks? How do their relationships evolve and change throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that religious obsession plays in obsessive-compulsive disorder. What other symptoms are significant which are displayed by Tara in the narrative? Would you have diagnosed Tara as OCD based upon her behavior? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze Tara's experience at the carnival in Chapter 10. In what ways is this a pinnacle of demoralization for Tara? How does Tara's mother feel about her behavior? How does Tara's father react to the situation? What major lesson does Tara learn?

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