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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tara go to speak to after leaving the store in Chapter 12?
(a) Tara's father.
(b) Tara's mother.
(c) Greta.
(d) Father O'Malley.

2. In Chapter 4, Tara says that "invisible ____ had snuck into my brain."
(a) Devils.
(b) Demons.
(c) Dictators.
(d) Doctors.

3. What refers to behavior in which a person acts in a certain way not because they want to, but because they feel they have to do so?
(a) Compulsive behavior.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Psychosis.
(d) Depressive behavior.

4. In Chapter 8, Tara says that her parents "release their anxiety by fighting about money, movies, friends" and what?
(a) "Religion."
(b) "Sports."
(c) "The news."
(d) "The car."

5. What school friend of Tara's is described as a jock?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Keesha.
(c) Kristin.
(d) Anna.

6. To whom does Tara pray to when she is frightened at home alone in Chapter 8?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Abraham.

7. What nun does Tara have negative thoughts about in Chapter 5?
(a) Sister Sarah.
(b) Sister Mary.
(c) Sister Margaret.
(d) Sister Gretchen.

8. When a girl makes fun of her after the school year starts, who knocks the girl down in Chapter 7?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Greta.
(c) Anna.
(d) Keesha.

9. Who wonders if Tara's condition is their fault in Chapter 6?
(a) Tara's mother.
(b) Tara's grandmother.
(c) Sam.
(d) Greta.

10. Tara says that she has to warn Donna against what in Chapter 12?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Boys.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Her brother.

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

12. Who has a heart attack in Chapter 10?
(a) Tara's father.
(b) Tara's mother.
(c) Tara's uncle.
(d) Tara's grandfather.

13. In Chapter 6, in fear of her sinful thoughts, Tara says that she begins to do what?
(a) Bake cookies.
(b) Watch religious shows on television.
(c) Study religion.
(d) Read the newspaper.

14. When Tara's father takes her to work with him, Tara is happy with the routine they get into of eating where in Chapter 8?
(a) Captain Smitty's Seafood Dock.
(b) Popalopagus' Gyro Shack.
(c) Cavaccio's Beef Stand.
(d) Burrito Gigante.

15. Tara's father says that Tara's mother has PMS, "which he defined as" what in Chapter 10?
(a) "Particularly Mundane Syndrome."
(b) "Perfectly Meticulous Syndrome."
(c) "Periodically Mean Syndrome."
(d) "Pretty Menace Syndrome."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man?

2. What does Tara's mother do because of Tara's behavior at the carnival in Chapter 10?

3. The American Legion was founded by veterans returning from what war?

4. Tara tells her parents that the teacher told the class to call the police if they saw their parents doing what in Chapter 3?

5. Who does Tara's mother run to after a scene at the carnival in Chapter 10?

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