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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 made Tara notice the differences between her and her brothers?

2. What did the Weaver family believe in?

3. How did Shawn begin behaving toward Tara in "Fish Eyes"?

4. Who stood up to Shawn when he was hurting Tara?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How was Tara able to attend college without a formal education?

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 12, what did Shawn do when Tara refused to apologize?

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

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

In the Epigraph, Virginia Woolf’s quote is about the past and John Dewey’s quote is about education. Explain why the author used these two quotes. How do they represent the entirety of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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