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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tara thinks "Keesha is" what in Chapter 5?
(a) "A jerk."
(b) "A nun."
(c) "A player."
(d) "An a**hole."

2. What does Donna ask Tara if she has in Chapter 11?
(a) A match.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) A snack.
(d) A math book.

3. What catch phrase does Tara begin hearing over and over in her head as described in Chapter 1?
(a) "I'm rubber, you're glue, what you say bounces off me and sticks to you."
(b) "Mary, Mary, quite contrary."
(c) "Sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never hurt me."
(d) "Step on a crack, break your mother's back."

4. Tara's mother tells Tara that she did what when she was young in Chapter 3?
(a) Smoked pot.
(b) Beat up a bully.
(c) Ran away from home.
(d) Joined the army.

5. What is Tara's last name in the novel?
(a) Jacobson.
(b) Sullivan.
(c) DeLuca.
(d) Krueger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What verb means to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble?

3. In Chapter 8, Tara says that her parents "release their anxiety by fighting about money, movies, friends" and what?

4. What does Tara's family read after dinner in Chapter 16?

5. What school friend of Tara's is described as black and dramatic in personality?

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