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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 was Tara's maternal grandmother called?
(a) Gramgram.
(b) Grandma-over-in-town.
(c) Glamgram.
(d) Grandma-in-the-woods.

2. How old was Tara in “Choose the Good"?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

3. What play does Tara decide to try out for?
(a) Whistle Down the Wind.
(b) Annie.
(c) Rent.
(d) Les Miserables.

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

5. In which house was Tyler the most comfortable?
(a) His own home.
(b) His tree fort.
(c) Grandma-down-the-hill.
(d) Grandma-over-in-town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique does the author predominately use to explain the past?

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

3. How old was Tara in the Prologue?

4. How old was Tara when she began scrapping metal?

5. Which speech impediment does Tyler have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What led to Tara taking dance lessons?

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

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

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

8. Why was Tara's grandma-over-in-town deemed unmarriageable when she was young?

9. What was Tara's father's upbringing like?

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

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