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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tara breaks down and tells everyone where to sit during the Christmas meal, her parents grab what and head out of the dining room?
(a) The laundry.
(b) A plate of food.
(c) The mail.
(d) Alcohol.

2. 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) Reciting bible verses.
(d) Counting sidewalk cracks.

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

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

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

6. Where does Tara take her friends on the way home from school in Chapter 21?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) The hardware store.
(c) The library.
(d) The bakery.

7. In Chapter 23, Tara says that she has figured out the dream she had at the beginning of the novel: The monster she was afraid of was what?
(a) Susan Leopardi.
(b) Her OCD.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

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

9. Mr. Jacobson knows someone with a similar problem as Tara's from where?
(a) A doctor he visits.
(b) His students.
(c) A magazine article.
(d) A television interview.

10. What question does Tara greet Sam with when he arrives in Chapter 18?
(a) "Do you live with tyrants?"
(b) "Do you...kiss doorknobs?"
(c) "What is it like for you?"
(d) "Can you feel my pain?"

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

12. Who has become pregnant in Chapter 22?
(a) Anna.
(b) Keesha.
(c) Kristin.
(d) Donna.

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

14. What does Tara do during the play she performs in in Chapter 13?
(a) Starts counting the lights.
(b) Begins praying.
(c) Runs onstage screaming.
(d) Forgets her lines.

15. How many times does Greta say she's been suspended for protecting Tara in Chapter 14?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Afterword, Sam's explanation of the chemical causes of OCD in the novel is accurate: it is an imbalance in what?

2. What kind of therapy involves exposing yourself to the thing you are most afraid of, and realizing that it is irrational?

3. In Chapter 22, Tara is how far into her therapy?

4. What does Tara's new psychiatrist say when Tara tells her she hates her in Chapter 20?

5. Who does Tara ask to walk home with her after class in Chapter 21?

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