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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. Which state is Tara from?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Illinios.
(d) Idaho.

2. Who buys Tara a leotard and jazz shoes?
(a) Mary.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Eve.
(d) Her father.

3. What caused Tara's mother's memory loss?
(a) Brain injury.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Hereditary.
(d) Drugs.

4. What work does Tara find outside the home?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Leading troops.
(c) Teaching sign language.
(d) Babysitting and packing nuts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Tara's father believe would loose value?

3. What did Tara's father name the formation in the mountain?

4. What does Tara's father accuse his mother of being?

5. What method did the children use to learn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Tara choose to stay home instead of go to Arizona?

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

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

4. How did Tara get injured in Chapter Seven?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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