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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. Who were Tara's roommates during second semester of college?

2. How did Tara describe the behavior of the other students on her Mormon campus?

3. Where did Tara go with Shawn for work?

4. Who did Charles tell Tara he loved?

5. What study technique was Tara primarily doing when she started college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What therapy did Tara's father recommend for her tonsils?

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

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

7. What were some of the ways Shawn was manipulative toward Sadie?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why did Tara's mother and brother Tyler not go to the hospital after the car accident? What responsibility did her father have to his injured family? What feeling did you have as you read about the long-term ramifications from the accident?

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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