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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tara's father takes her to work with him, Tara is happy with the routine they get into of eating where in Chapter 8?
(a) Captain Smitty's Seafood Dock.
(b) Cavaccio's Beef Stand.
(c) Popalopagus' Gyro Shack.
(d) Burrito Gigante.

2. Tara's mother tells Tara that she did what when she was young in Chapter 3?
(a) Smoked pot.
(b) Ran away from home.
(c) Beat up a bully.
(d) Joined the army.

3. Keesha does not allow Tara to walk where alone in Chapter 5?
(a) School.
(b) Catechism class.
(c) The pool.
(d) Church.

4. In Chapter 6, in fear of her sinful thoughts, Tara says that she begins to do what?
(a) Read the newspaper.
(b) Study religion.
(c) Bake cookies.
(d) Watch religious shows on television.

5. Who has a heart attack in Chapter 10?
(a) Tara's grandfather.
(b) Tara's mother.
(c) Tara's father.
(d) Tara's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tara says that she has to warn Donna against what in Chapter 12?

2. Tara's mother gets a note from her teacher accusing Tara of not paying attention when she is comforting herself by doing what in Chapter 3?

3. What means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a loss of contact with reality?

4. When Tara and her friends are looking at magazines in Chapter 7, who exclaims how good the models look?

5. What classmates see Tara get reprimanded by her neighbor in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the relationships between Tara and her friends described in Chapter 7?

2. What does Tara overhear her parents saying about her in Chapter 6? How does Tara feel about the situation?

3. How does Chapter 11 serve the plot of the narrative? How do the events in this chapter relate to those in Chapter 10?

4. Discuss the emotion in Chapter 9 between Tara and Keesha. How does Tara react to pushing her friend?

5. How does Tara describe the phrase that began her problems in Chapter 1?

6. How does Tara describe the summer between fifth and sixth grades in Chapter 7?

7. What awakens Tara in Chapter 2? Who does she turn to for reassurance?

8. What leads up to Tara's stealing in Chapter 12? What does she do after stealing?

9. How does Tara come to feel about Keesha in Chapter 5? Why? What does this evolve into?

10. How do Tara and their friends describe their personal fears in Chapter 3?

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