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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. How old was Tara when she began scrapping metal?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) She did not scrap.

2. What is the pseudonym given to Tara's father?
(a) Gracie.
(b) Gunner.
(c) George.
(d) Gene.

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

4. Where did Tara's family live?
(a) Valley.
(b) Cave.
(c) City.
(d) Mountain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which speech impediment does Tyler have?

2. Who was the first child in the family to go to college?

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

4. Which type of book is Educated?

5. What did Tyler share with Tara?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Tara's father's problem with public education?

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

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

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

7. How did Tyler behave when his father berated him for wanting an education?

8. Why did Tara have trouble trusting her mother?

9. How did Tara get injured in Chapter Seven?

10. How did Tara's father put the whole family in danger when they drove home from Arizona?

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