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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tara's mother asks her what happened to whom in Chapter 4, causing Tara to lie in response?
(a) Father O'Malley.
(b) Sister Margaret.
(c) Mrs. Scott.
(d) Mr. Jacobson.

2. Who does Tara's mother run to after a scene at the carnival in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Rosenbaum.
(b) Mr. Philips.
(c) Greta.
(d) Tara's father.

3. Keesha does not allow Tara to walk where alone in Chapter 5?
(a) Church.
(b) School.
(c) The pool.
(d) Catechism class.

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

5. In Christianity, what is for the majority the rite of admission into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition?
(a) Easter Sunday.
(b) Lent.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Christmas.

6. In Chapter 7, Tara says that the summer between fifth and sixth grades was almost normal, although she would not do what?
(a) Read at the library.
(b) Go places with her friends.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Swim at the pool.

7. How old is Donna when Tara meets her in Chapter 11?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

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

9. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Poltergeist.

10. Donna says that she's heard that Tara's family outings are what, in Chapter 11?
(a) Worse than hers.
(b) Not as bad as hers.
(c) As bad as hers.
(d) Pretty normal.

11. What word means to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce, especially for experimental purposes?
(a) Reflect.
(b) Replicate.
(c) Determine.
(d) Survey.

12. What does Tara's mother do because of Tara's behavior at the carnival in Chapter 10?
(a) Strangles Tara.
(b) Shakes Tara.
(c) Punches Tara's father.
(d) Slaps Tara's father.

13. Tara is afraid of the germs where in Chapter 3?
(a) The pool.
(b) The library.
(c) The bank.
(d) The grocery store.

14. Tara says that she doesn't tell her mother that she worries all the time, but by what month does school begin getting harder for her in Chapter 3?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) September.
(d) July.

15. In Chapter 8, Tara's father spends more and more time and energy transforming the American Legion into "a community center filled with life, laughter and piles of" what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Food.
(c) Cash.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a heart attack in Chapter 10?

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

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

4. What is a form of dermatitis or inflammation of the epidermis (skin)?

5. Tara begins to pray for people who do what in Chapter 6?

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