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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who gets sick of Tara's counting cracks and causes a rift between the two in Chapter 9?
(a) Anna.
(b) Greta.
(c) Kristin.
(d) Keesha.

3. Tara says that she is sent to what classes starting in first grade in Chapter 2?
(a) Gymnastics.
(b) Algebra.
(c) French.
(d) Catechism.

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

5. The captain of the volleyball team screams at Tara for what in Chapter 3?
(a) Missing a ball.
(b) Walking off the court during play.
(c) Tearing the net down.
(d) Serving the ball.

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

7. Who does Tara go and sleep with when her parents are home late in Chapter 8?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Greta.
(c) Kristen.
(d) Keesha.

8. What does Tara do when her mother curses, causing Tara's mother anger in Chapter 10?
(a) Prays.
(b) Cries.
(c) Frowns.
(d) Smiles.

9. How many times does Tara repeat her prayers before leaving the house when she's afraid in Chapter 8?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

11. What is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man?
(a) Original sin.
(b) Diabolical sin.
(c) Sin of the Rapture.
(d) Easter sin.

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

13. 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) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

15. Why has Donna taken to wearing sunglasses all the time in Chapter 11?
(a) She is suffering from migraines.
(b) She thinks it looks cool.
(c) She wants to sleep in class.
(d) She had eye surgery.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Tara is afraid of the germs where in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 10, Tara says of her mother, "I wanted to run to her and stroke her hair and tell her it was only" what?

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

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