Educated: A Memoir Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Tara Westover
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Educated: A Memoir Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Tara Westover
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tara's mother take the family to Arizona in "Apache Women"?

2. Which subject did Tyler fall in love with?

3. Where did Tara's family live?

4. Which fictional family did Tara's father tell her were freedom fighters?

5. What did Tyler share with Tara?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What led to Tara taking dance lessons?

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

7. What surprised Tara about her singing?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it that the more Tara learns about the world the less power her parents have over her? In what ways do her father's fears that society will change his children become true for Tara? Is she corrupted or enlightened?

Essay Topic 2

How did Tara's father's doomsday and End of the World preaching influence her choices? Link his outlook to her decision to forgive Shawn. Why does she try to convince herself Shawn was only harmful after his accident?

Essay Topic 3

Tara realized that pretending the abuse she suffered did not affect her in itself affected her. How did the environment she grew up in keep her quiet and in denial?

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