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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 Vanessa tell Tara she needed to do in order to pass her college courses?

2. How long did Tara spend in bed after the car accident?

3. What offended Tara about her college roommates?

4. What did Tara's father leave for her as a payment?

5. Who did Tara's mother visit to get a dress for the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What steps did Tara take when she decided she would experiment with normality?

2. What kind of relationship did Tara have with the bishop?

3. What did Shawn tell Tara he wanted to change?

4. Why did Tara sensor herself when she got back together with Charles?

5. What were Tara's injuries after the second car crash driving home from Arizona?

6. What did Tara's father believe people should have a ten-year supply of?

7. How did Tara view Shawn after he successfully cracked her neck?

8. What did Tara's Grandpa-down-the-hill do with most of the wild horses he rounded up?

9. What did Charles give Tara that was considered a harmful drug to her family?

10. Why was Tara upset with her mother regarding her knowledge of history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does guilt play a role in Tara's father's control over her? Analyze examples of times when her father uses his religious and patriarchal views to keep Tara from growing and changing.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who are the most influential people on Tara's road to success? Would her educational achievements have been possible without support? Why would her family have tried to hold her back?

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