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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who has the fortune, "Good things are coming to you soon" in Chapter 16?
(a) Greta.
(b) Tara.
(c) Tara's father.
(d) Tara's mother.

4. According to the Afterword, Sam's explanation of the chemical causes of OCD in the novel is accurate: it is an imbalance in what?
(a) The cerebrum.
(b) The basal ganglia.
(c) The parietal lobe.
(d) The hippocampus.

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

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

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) Her OCD.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Susan Leopardi.
(d) Her father.

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

9. What does Tara's new psychiatrist say when Tara tells her she hates her in Chapter 20?
(a) "Get it all out."
(b) "I'm not too fond of you either."
(c) "How dare you."
(d) "That's okay. It's not important."

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

11. What do Tara and Donna go to purchase in Chapter 20?
(a) Condoms.
(b) Milk.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Vegetables.

12. When was Kissing Doorknobs published?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1988.

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

14. What does Tara say she is frightened of and wants to begin therapy without it in Chapter 19?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Medication.
(c) Radation treatments.
(d) Shock treatments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sam calls Tara in Chapter 19, and tells her that if she doesn't get over her fears, they will what?

2. Tara's new psychiatrist tells her to think about her parents being dead for how long during each time in Chapter 20?

3. Sam visits Tara and brings her what inside a box of chocolates in Chapter 22?

4. What does Tara begin doing on the way home from dinner in Chapter 16?

5. What does Tara do during the play she performs in in Chapter 13?

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