View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play does Tara decide to try out for?

2. Which word best describes Tara's father?

3. Which category does Educated fit under?

4. What was Tara's mother's original outlook on homeschooling her children?

5. What work does Tara find outside the home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Tara get injured in Chapter Seven?

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

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

6. How did Tara's parents support her decision to audition for Annie?

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

8. What made Tara's family different from other families she knew?

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

10. What surprised Tara about her singing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tara determined that decisions and events shape lives. How was her life shaped by the beliefs and traditions in her family? What examples did Tara have of her older siblings breaking free of the family?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Tara's father think women should not work outside the home? How did he convey his beliefs to his family? How did her father justify her mother's work as a midwife?

Essay Topic 3

What was the purpose of Tara's grandma-down-the-hill explaining the Apache women's tears? How could the story relate to the feelings her grandma has about her son pulling away from reality?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 462 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample