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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tara do after her routing of putting her fingers on the doorknob in Chapter 15?
(a) Closes her eyes.
(b) Takes a deep breath.
(c) Touches her ear.
(d) Puts her fingers to her lips.

2. In Chapter 20, Tara makes a list of what?
(a) Places she would like to go.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Rituals she wants to stop.
(d) Favorite activities.

3. 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.

4. According to the Afterword, OCD affects about what percentage of the population in adults?
(a) 7.3.
(b) 2.5.
(c) 6.2.
(d) 5.0.

5. When Sam visits Tara's family in Chapter 18, he explains that he was afraid of what?
(a) Germs.
(b) Guns.
(c) Birds.
(d) Trucks.

6. Who wrote the Afterword to the novel?
(a) H. T. Murphy M.D.
(b) A. J. Allen, M.D. and Ph.D.
(c) W. C. Roberts Ph.D.
(d) T. T. Rodriguez D.D.S. and Ph.D.

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

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

9. In Chapter 22, Sam asks her to take a bite of one of the chocolate kisses, and then do what?
(a) Throw it away.
(b) Give him the rest.
(c) Save the rest.
(d) Make smores.

10. Tara's new psychiatrist tells her to think about her parents being dead how many times a day in Chapter 20?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

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

12. Where is Kristin in Chapter 21?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Denver.
(c) New York.
(d) Miami.

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

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

15. What is Kristin doing in Chapter 21?
(a) Acting.
(b) Modeling.
(c) Working as a travel agent.
(d) Working in a laboratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tara do when Keesha says "Damn!" in Chapter 21?

2. In what grade is Tara in Chapter 13?

3. What does Tara make a point to do while walking home from school with friends in Chapter 21?

4. What does Tara ask Donna which at first offends Donna in Chapter 14?

5. Tara has a small part in a play for what in Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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