View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Keesha call Tara in Chapter 5?
(a) Count Taracula.
(b) Tantrum Tara.
(c) Tarantula.
(d) Taranasaurus.

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

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) Depressive behavior.
(c) Compulsive behavior.
(d) Psychosis.

4. What is the name of Tara's little sister?
(a) Anna.
(b) Greta.
(c) Wendy.
(d) Kristin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, who asks Tara about her condition?

2. What is the name of the priest Tara goes to for confession in the novel?

3. What does Tara do during the play she performs in in Chapter 13?

4. Looking out at the audience, Tara recalls a story about her grandmother and mother freezing onstage at what in Chapter 13?

5. Donna begins doing what in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 218 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample