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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 cheerleader for crazy people."
(b) "A scared little girl."
(c) "A basket case."
(d) "A crazed vampire."

2. Tara's new psychiatrist tells her to think about her parents being dead for how long during each time in Chapter 20?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 1 minute.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

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?
(a) The parietal lobe.
(b) The cerebrum.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The basal ganglia.

4. In Chapter 14, Donna and Tara spend Christmas day doing what?
(a) Making snow angels.
(b) Making snow men.
(c) Shoveling snow.
(d) Throwing snowballs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the pharmacist from the drug store turn out to be in Chapter 22?

2. How many times does Greta say she's been suspended for protecting Tara in Chapter 14?

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

4. Mr. Jacobson knows someone with a similar problem as Tara's from where?

5. Tara blames her friend's pregnancy on whom in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Sam bring Tara in Chapter 22? Why?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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