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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 22, Sam asks her to take a bite of one of the chocolate kisses, and then do what?
(a) Make smores.
(b) Give him the rest.
(c) Throw it away.
(d) Save the rest.

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

3. 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 father.
(d) Sam's brother.

4. In Chapter 22, Tara is how far into her therapy?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

5. What does Tara do during the play she performs in in Chapter 13?
(a) Forgets her lines.
(b) Begins praying.
(c) Runs onstage screaming.
(d) Starts counting the lights.

6. 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.

7. What question does Tara greet Sam with when he arrives in Chapter 18?
(a) "Do you...kiss doorknobs?"
(b) "What is it like for you?"
(c) "Do you live with tyrants?"
(d) "Can you feel my pain?"

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

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

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

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

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

13. Where does Tara take her friends on the way home from school in Chapter 21?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) The hardware store.
(c) The library.
(d) The bakery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sam suffers from what condition in the novel?

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

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

4. Tara's new psychiatrist tells her to think about her parents being dead how many times a day in Chapter 20?

5. In Chapter 13, Tara's parents even see the positive influence that who has on Tara?

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