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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. Which event did Tara's family make preparations for?

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

3. What was Tara's paternal grandmother called?

4. What did Tara say her life was ruled by?

5. How old was Tara in “Choose the Good"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Tara have trouble trusting her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Why did Tara see Shawn as a protective father after not knowing him for so many years? How did Shawn fulfill the role of both protector and abuser? Why is that combination so dangerous?

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