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

2. How did Tara feel she should behave in Tyler's presence?

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

4. What method did the children use to learn?

5. Which type of book is Educated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What led to Tara taking dance lessons?

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

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

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

8. How did Tara get injured in Chapter Seven?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What lessons did Tara learn about her grandmothers as she grew older? How did the family dynamics her parents came from shape her own beliefs about loyalty and connection?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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