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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tara's mother do at first to discourage her from doing "the doorknob thing" in Chapter 15?
(a) Yells at her.
(b) Slaps her.
(c) Walks away.
(d) Starts to cry.

2. What did Donna call Tara because she looked spongy and blond in Chapter 11?
(a) A Twinkie.
(b) A sea cucumber.
(c) A pound cake.
(d) A ding dong.

3. What means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a loss of contact with reality?
(a) Shyness.
(b) Psychosis.
(c) Compulsive behavior.
(d) Depressive behavior.

4. Who asks Tara whether she has ever stolen anything in Chapter 12?
(a) Donna.
(b) Tara's mother.
(c) Father O'Malley.
(d) Greta.

5. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Tara repeat her prayers before leaving the house when she's afraid in Chapter 8?

2. In Christianity, what is for the majority the rite of admission into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition?

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

4. Where did Tara sleep the night after the carnival in Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer key)

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