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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sam suffers from what condition in the novel?
(a) Attention Deficit Disorder.
(b) Anorexia.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

2. Where did Tara sleep the night after the carnival in Chapter 10?
(a) In the family car.
(b) The floor by her parents' bed.
(c) The couch in the living room.
(d) The bathtub.

3. What word refers to a woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for her brave deeds and noble qualities?
(a) Heroine.
(b) Matriarch.
(c) Patriarch.
(d) Goddess.

4. In Chapter 17, one night, on her way out the front door to meet Donna, Tara does her doorknob thing, and her father asks her what?
(a) If she is worried about something.
(b) Why she must kiss doorknobs.
(c) If he's made her unhappy.
(d) If he can do anything to help her.

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) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tara say she is frightened of and wants to begin therapy without it in Chapter 19?

2. In Chapter 4, Tara invents excuses why she cannot walk with people, while she devotes all her attention to doing what?

3. Who does Tara go to speak to after leaving the store in Chapter 12?

4. What does Tara repeatedly do on a ride at the carnival in Chapter 10?

5. What does Tara do when her mother curses, causing Tara's mother anger in Chapter 10?

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