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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. What is the pseudonym given to Tara's mother?
(a) Fannie.
(b) Friar.
(c) Faye.
(d) Frankie.

2. Which word best describes Tara's father?
(a) Patient.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Playful.
(d) Paranoid.

3. Which authors are quoted in the Epigraph?
(a) Charlotte and Emily Bronte.
(b) The Kowalski Sisters.
(c) Nick and Norah.
(d) Virginia Woolf and John Dewey.

4. Why did the children in Tara's family not go to the doctor?
(a) Their mother was a psychiatrist.
(b) Their father did not trust doctors.
(c) They were afraid of needles.
(d) The children wanted to be sick.

5. What subjects did Tyler teach himself?
(a) Trigonometry and Calculus.
(b) Cooking and Sewing.
(c) Animal Husbandry.
(d) Dance and Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What outward sign of injury was present in Tara's mother?

2. Why did Audrey fight with her father?

3. Which sibling did Tara often roam the hills with?

4. Where did Tara's family live?

5. What did Tara's family pack in their emergency bags?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What goal did Tara's father have for his family's independence?

3. What traumatized Tara about her father's story in Chapter One?

4. Why did Tara have trouble trusting her mother?

5. How did Tara get injured in Chapter Seven?

6. What safety measures did Tara's father strip from her?

7. What did grandma-down-the-hill plan for Tara in Chapter One?

8. What was Tara's father's relationship with his mother?

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

10. Which New Age philosophy did Tara's mother practice?

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