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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. What does Tara do when Keesha says "Damn!" in Chapter 21?

2. What does Tara say she is frightened of and wants to begin therapy without it in Chapter 19?

3. In what grade is Tara in Chapter 13?

4. Who does Tara say she still has for therapy and support in Chapter 23?

5. What does Tara make a point to do while walking home from school with friends in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What fortunes are read by Tara's family at the Chinese restaurant in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What conflict takes place between Tara and her father in Chapter 17?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Define theme in narrative literature, and analyze the theme of isolation in the novel. How does Tara's character exhibit isolation? How has Tara become more isolated than ever before in Chapter 9? Is Tara's isolation self-inflicted? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Donna in the novel. How old is Donna? What kind of surgery did Donna have on her eye? How is Tara affected by Donna's friendship? What is Donna's response to Tara's eccentricities? What forms the bond between the two girls?

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