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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. Where does Tara's family go to eat in Chapter 16?

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

3. When Sam visits Tara's family in Chapter 18, he explains that he was afraid of what?

4. What does Tara begin doing on the way home from dinner in Chapter 16?

5. When Tara leaves Sam in Chapter 23, he slams the door in her face and then reopens it and they do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Tara evolved as a character from the beginning of the novel to Chapter 22?

2. How does Tara's mother feel after taking Tara to a doctor in Chapter 15? How has Tara's behavior progressed?

3. What treatment has Sam received for his condition? How does Tara relate to his discussion about OCD in Chapter 18?

4. What treatment does Dr. Leopardi suggest in Chapter 19? How difficult does she tell Tara it will be?

5. How does Tara describe her experience in the Christmas play in Chapter 13?

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

7. What new behavior has Tara adopted in the beginning of Chapter 15?

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

9. What does Tara go with Donna to purchase in Chapter 20? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the character of Greta in the narrative. How old is Greta in relation to Tara? What is Greta's relationship with Tara like? How does Greta get along with her family? How does Greta prove her loyalty to Tara as a sister in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the climax of the narrative and the character of Mr. Jacobson in the novel. How does Tara's father know Mr. Jacobson? What questions does Mr. Jacobson ask Tara?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss both religious allusion and the narrative voice in the novel. Is the novel written in present or past tense? From whose point of view? What religion is Tara? How does she feel about her religion? Why does Tara find solace in religion?

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