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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Tara's family read after dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) Their horoscopes.
(b) Fortune cookies.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Sports scores.

4. Who does the pharmacist from the drug store turn out to be in Chapter 22?
(a) Sam's Uncle Joe.
(b) Sam's grandfather.
(c) Sam's brother.
(d) Sam's father.

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

6. In Chapter 17, one night, on her way out the front door to meet Donna, Tara does her doorknob thing, and her father asks her what?
(a) If he's made her unhappy.
(b) If he can do anything to help her.
(c) If she is worried about something.
(d) Why she must kiss doorknobs.

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

8. 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) Susan Leopardi.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her OCD.

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

10. According to the Afterword, OCD affects about what percentage of the population in children?
(a) 9.
(b) 1.
(c) 17.
(d) 4.

11. What activity would Sam compulsively do, according to his story in Chapter 18?
(a) Wash his hands.
(b) Mop the floors.
(c) Stack the dishes.
(d) Turn lights on and off.

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

13. 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 parietal lobe.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The basal ganglia.

14. Sam visits Tara and brings her what inside a box of chocolates in Chapter 22?
(a) A golden key.
(b) A note.
(c) A crystal doorknob.
(d) A bracelet.

15. What kind of therapy involves exposing yourself to the thing you are most afraid of, and realizing that it is irrational?
(a) Cause and effect therapy.
(b) Exposure and response prevention therapy.
(c) Emotional therapy.
(d) Therapy of reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Tara and Donna go shopping in Chapter 20?

2. When Sam visits Tara's family in Chapter 18, he explains that he was afraid of what?

3. Where does Tara take her friends on the way home from school in Chapter 21?

4. In Chapter 15, after Christmas, Tara doesn't feel she can open any door until she has repeated a routine in which she places her fingers on the door how?

5. 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?

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