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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Tara ask her teacher in Chapter 21?
(a) If there will be a test next week.
(b) How to find the area of a triangle.
(c) If there might be more planets in the solar sytem.
(d) If the slaves might have preferred it before the Civil War.

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

6. What has Tara been given for Christmas that she's proud of in Chapter 14?
(a) A red dress.
(b) Green shoes.
(c) A blue coat.
(d) A white hat.

7. What is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and physical well-being?
(a) Bipolar.
(b) Psychosis.
(c) Depression.
(d) Mania.

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

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

10. Where do Donna and Tara go so that Donna can smoke in Chapter 14?
(a) An alley.
(b) Donna's house.
(c) Tara's house.
(d) A park.

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

12. Who does Tara say she still has for therapy and support in Chapter 23?
(a) Sam.
(b) Susan Leopardi.
(c) Sister Margaret.
(d) Chuck.

13. What does Tara begin doing on the way home from dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) Mumbling to herself.
(b) Reciting bible verses.
(c) Zipping and unzipping her coat.
(d) Counting sidewalk cracks.

14. 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 mother.
(c) Her OCD.
(d) Her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Donna begins doing what in Chapter 13?

2. What does Tara do after her routing of putting her fingers on the doorknob in Chapter 15?

3. In Chapter 17, when Tara does her doorknob thing in front of her father, he gets angry when she won't stop what?

4. Mr. Jaccobson is a friend of whose?

5. In Chapter 22, Sam asks her to take a bite of one of the chocolate kisses, and then do what?

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