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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?
(a) Cosmos.
(b) Extrapole.
(c) Symbol.
(d) Paradism.

2. When Tara and her friends share their fears in Chapter 3, Anna says that she is afraid of whom?
(a) Dracula.
(b) Freddy Kreuger.
(c) Clowns.
(d) Her own thoughts.

3. Tara tells her parents that the teacher told the class to call the police if they saw their parents doing what in Chapter 3?
(a) Using drugs.
(b) Littering.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Stealing cable television.

4. Where does Tara's mother get a job in Chapter 8?
(a) City Hall.
(b) The electric company.
(c) A department store.
(d) A lawyer's office.

5. According to the Afterword, Sam's explanation of the chemical causes of OCD in the novel is accurate: it is an imbalance in what?
(a) The parietal lobe.
(b) The basal ganglia.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The cerebrum.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and physical well-being?

4. When was the American Legion founded?

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

(see the answer key)

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