View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Shawn studying for while Tara was away at college?

2. What religious prophecy did Tara's father believe would be fulfilled?

3. What did Shawn teach Tara on their trip?

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

5. What did the police think was strange about the van in "Shield of Feathers"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How were the Mormon students at school different than Tara?

6. What was Tara's first impression of the people at Worm Creek Opera House?

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

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

9. What were some reasons Tara's father insisted she work for him when she returned home on breaks?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Tara's mother and father similar in their obsessive behaviors? Relate Tara's mother's energy work to Tara's father's fervent biblical interpretations.

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

Tara's mother does things in secret to aid her children, but usually crumbles when confronted by her husband. How is this dynamic confusing to the rest of the family? Is it helpful, hurtful, or both?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 579 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample