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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 did Tara say her life was ruled by?

2. Who buys Tara a leotard and jazz shoes?

3. Which authors are quoted in the Epigraph?

4. Why did Audrey fight with her father?

5. Which food did Tara's father ban from their house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tara worry would happen if she left the mountain?

2. How did Tyler behave when his father berated him for wanting an education?

3. Why did Tara's mother agree to let her children be home schooled?

4. How did Tara's parents support her decision to audition for Annie?

5. What was Tara's opinion of her maternal grandparents?

6. What did Tara worry about when Tyler decided to go to college?

7. Why was Tara's mother attracted to Tara's father when they met?

8. How did Tara get injured in Chapter Seven?

9. Why did Tara have trouble trusting her mother?

10. Why did Tyler use some of his savings to buy silver?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Tara's father think women should not work outside the home? How did he convey his beliefs to his family? How did her father justify her mother's work as a midwife?

Essay Topic 2

How did Tara's domineering father hinder her ability to make her own decisions? How might Tara's life have been different if she had chosen to get an education earlier?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Tara's mother and brother Tyler not go to the hospital after the car accident? What responsibility did her father have to his injured family? What feeling did you have as you read about the long-term ramifications from the accident?

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