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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 did Tara's father expect to fail?

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

3. What is the pseudonym given to Tara's father?

4. What method did the children use to learn?

5. Which of Tara's brother's had a severe learning disability?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Tara have trouble trusting her mother?

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

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

How did Tara's family relate the signs of spring to the nomadic Indians? In what ways did Tara's family live in tune with nature? Did Tara's upbringing make her feel close to the natural world?

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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