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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tara ask to walk home with her after class in Chapter 21?
(a) Keesha and Anna.
(b) Chuck and Greta.
(c) Anna and Donna.
(d) Chuck and Donna.

2. In Chapter 21, Tara says that she's studying what in school?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) Physics.
(c) Geometry.
(d) English poetry.

3. Looking out at the audience, Tara recalls a story about her grandmother and mother freezing onstage at what in Chapter 13?
(a) A rock concert.
(b) A trophy presentation.
(c) A play.
(d) An amateur night.

4. Tara tells her new psychiatrist that she looks like what, in Chapter 19?
(a) "A crazed vampire."
(b) "A basket case."
(c) "A cheerleader for crazy people."
(d) "A scared little girl."

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

6. Where do Tara and Donna go shopping in Chapter 20?
(a) A department store.
(b) A farmers market.
(c) A drugstore.
(d) A grocery store.

7. Tara's new psychiatrist tells her to think about her parents being dead for how long during each time in Chapter 20?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 1 minute.

8. Mr. Jaccobson is a friend of whose?
(a) Donna.
(b) Tara's father.
(c) David's father.
(d) Greta's cousin.

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

10. In Chapter 15, after Christmas, Tara doesn't feel she can open any door until she has repeated a routine in which she places how many fingers on the doorknob?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

14. 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 basal ganglia.
(b) The cerebrum.
(c) The parietal lobe.
(d) The hippocampus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question does Tara greet Sam with when he arrives in Chapter 18?

3. When Tara sees Donna, Donna says that she's has sex with a boy named what in Chapter 20?

4. When was Kissing Doorknobs published?

5. Who does the pharmacist from the drug store turn out to be in Chapter 22?

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