1. What refers to behavior in which a person acts in a certain way not because they want to, but because they feel they have to do so?
(a) Depressive behavior.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Psychosis.
(d) Compulsive behavior.

2. What part of the narrative of literature or drama takes place when the basic internal conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Climax.
(d) Rising action.

3. Tara's parents send her to a psychiatrist who is very what, in Chapter 8?
(a) Thin.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Nurturing.
(d) Untidy.

4. What does Mr. Jacobson tell Tara and her parents he believes she has in Chapter 17?
(a) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
(b) Bipolar Disorder.
(c) Anorexia.
(d) Attention Deficit Disorder.

5. Who does Tara call repeatedly at work to express her anxiety and fears in Chapter 8?
(a) Tara's father.
(b) Tara's mother.
(c) Gina.
(d) Sara Rosenthal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Tara's father spends more and more time and energy transforming the American Legion into "a community center filled with life, laughter and piles of" what?

2. Where is the American Legion headquartered?

3. Who gets sick of Tara's counting cracks and causes a rift between the two in Chapter 9?

4. Who confronts Tara about her eccentric behavior in Chapter 4?

5. What does the psychiatrist diagnose Tara with in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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