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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was driving the car when it crashed coming home from Arizona?
(a) Tara.
(b) Tara's father.
(c) Tyler.
(d) Tara's mother.

2. What method did the children use to learn?
(a) Online classes.
(b) Records.
(c) Self-direct.
(d) Television.

3. Who did Tara's mother begin working with?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Midwife.

4. Which technique does the author predominately use to explain the past?
(a) Journals.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Flashbacks.
(d) Interviews.

5. Which event did Tara's family make preparations for?
(a) Daylight Savings.
(b) Day-Glo Nation.
(c) Days of Abomination.
(d) Day of the Dead.

6. How was Tyler different than his siblings?
(a) He has freckles.
(b) He was a triplet.
(c) He was gentle.
(d) He was very short.

7. What was Tara's mother's original outlook on homeschooling her children?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Idealistic.
(c) Apprehensive.
(d) Frightened.

8. Which device does the author use to further explain information?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Footnote.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Aside.

9. Which of Tara's siblings had attended formal schooling together?
(a) All of them.
(b) Three oldest.
(c) Three youngest.
(d) None of them.

10. Which food did Tara's father ban from their house?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Meat.
(c) Dairy.
(d) Vegetables.

11. Which sibling did Tara often roam the hills with?
(a) Reggie.
(b) Tony.
(c) Richard.
(d) Tonya.

12. What did Tara's father name the formation in the mountain?
(a) Princess Peony.
(b) Prince India.
(c) Indian Princess.
(d) Priceless Princess.

13. Which of Tara's brothers left home before Tyler?
(a) Gene and Tony.
(b) Tyler and Faye.
(c) Richard and Gene.
(d) Tony and Shawn.

14. What did Audrey do when she got her driver's license?
(a) Get jobs.
(b) Destroy her license.
(c) Start dating.
(d) Run away.

15. Why was Tara's mother drawn to the basement?
(a) Dark and quiet.
(b) The mice.
(c) The washer.
(d) Loud and vibrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Luke when he was working with his dad on a car?

2. What is the pseudonym given to Tara's mother?

3. Which of Tara's siblings broke limbs and required a doctor?

4. What did Tara's mother have installed when she began working?

5. Which authors are quoted in the Epigraph?

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