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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, who asks Tara about her condition?
(a) Chuck.
(b) Sister Margaret.
(c) Susan Leopardi.
(d) Father O'Malley.

2. Tara blames her friend's pregnancy on whom in Chapter 23?
(a) Sister Margaret.
(b) Uncle Joe.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Father O'Malley.

3. Donna begins doing what in Chapter 13?
(a) Using drugs.
(b) Starting fires.
(c) Skipping school.
(d) Having sex.

4. What does Tara ask her teacher in Chapter 21?
(a) How to find the area of a triangle.
(b) If there will be a test next week.
(c) If the slaves might have preferred it before the Civil War.
(d) If there might be more planets in the solar sytem.

5. In Chapter 14, Donna and Tara spend Christmas day doing what?
(a) Making snow angels.
(b) Shoveling snow.
(c) Throwing snowballs.
(d) Making snow men.

6. In Chapter 13, Tara's parents even see the positive influence that who has on Tara?
(a) Keesha.
(b) Donna.
(c) Greta.
(d) Anna.

7. In Chapter 22, Tara is how far into her therapy?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

8. Sam suffers from what condition in the novel?
(a) Attention Deficit Disorder.
(b) Anorexia.
(c) Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

9. What does Tara begin doing on the way home from dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) Zipping and unzipping her coat.
(b) Mumbling to herself.
(c) Counting sidewalk cracks.
(d) Reciting bible verses.

10. In what grade is Tara in Chapter 13?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Eleventh.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Eighth.

11. What does Mr. Jacobson tell Tara and her parents he believes she has in Chapter 17?
(a) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
(b) Anorexia.
(c) Bipolar Disorder.
(d) Attention Deficit Disorder.

12. Sam tells Tara and her family that he knows what it feels like to what, in Chapter 18?
(a) Kiss doorknobs.
(b) Have a tyrant in your head.
(c) Be misdiagnosed.
(d) Feel frustrated.

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

14. What happened a few days after Sam kissed Tara, according to Chapter 23?
(a) He bought a puppy.
(b) He got sick.
(c) His parakeet died.
(d) He stopped answering his phone.

15. Tara has a small part in a play for what in Chapter 13?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Hannukah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Jaccobson is a friend of whose?

2. How many times does Greta say she's been suspended for protecting Tara in Chapter 14?

3. When Tara describes the scene from the restaurant to a doctor in Chapter 16, what diagnosis does the doctor give for Tara?

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

5. Tara's new psychiatrist explains that the condition is a disease of the brain, not what, in Chapter 19?

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