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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Tara's new psychiatrist explains that the condition is a disease of the brain, not what, in Chapter 19?
(a) A physical illness.
(b) Contagious.
(c) A personality disorder.
(d) Deadly.

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) Starts to cry.
(c) Walks away.
(d) Slaps her.

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

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

8. 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) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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

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

11. Where does Tara's family go to eat in Chapter 16?
(a) A Chinese restaurant.
(b) A movie theatre.
(c) A museum.
(d) A racetrack.

12. Sam calls Tara in Chapter 19, and tells her that if she doesn't get over her fears, they will what?
(a) Get bigger and bigger.
(b) Destroy her.
(c) Eventually go away.
(d) Liberate her.

13. What is one factor of Sam's recovery, as explained in Chapter 18?
(a) Isolation therapy.
(b) Medication.
(c) Radiation therapy.
(d) Shock therapy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old was Tara when she first heard "Step on a crack, break your mother's back"?

4. What do Tara and Donna go to purchase in Chapter 20?

5. What does Tara say she is frightened of and wants to begin therapy without it in Chapter 19?

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