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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 the police think was strange about the van in "Shield of Feathers"?

2. What did Vanessa tell Tara she needed to do in order to pass her college courses?

3. What did Tara eventually name her horse?

4. Who did Tara look to for how she should behave during her puberty years?

5. What did Tara suffer under Shawn in "What We Whispered and What We Screamed"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Robin's behavior toward Tara different than the way her other roommates treated her?

3. What was Emily's outlook regarding her relationship with Shawn?

4. Where did Tyler say Tara should go so she could be free?

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

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

7. How did Tara's fear of failing manifest itself?

8. How did Tara find out more information on the Weaver family?

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

10. What rumors did Tara hear about Shawn from the people in town?

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

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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