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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. What classmates see Tara get reprimanded by her neighbor in Chapter 1?
(a) Chuck and Kevin.
(b) Kevin and Richard.
(c) Sam and Chuck.
(d) Richard and Sam.

2. What is Donna's last name?
(a) Leopardi.
(b) O'Malley.
(c) Jacobson.
(d) DeLuca.

3. Who does Tara call repeatedly at work to express her anxiety and fears in Chapter 8?
(a) Tara's mother.
(b) Sara Rosenthal.
(c) Gina.
(d) Tara's father.

4. What does Tara do after stealing in Chapter 12?
(a) Sits down and cries.
(b) Calls the police.
(c) Returns and confesses.
(d) Runs as fast as she can.

5. Who gets sick of Tara's counting cracks and causes a rift between the two in Chapter 9?
(a) Greta.
(b) Anna.
(c) Kristin.
(d) Keesha.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Tara says that her parents "release their anxiety by fighting about money, movies, friends" and what?

2. What does Tara take from a store in Chapter 12?

3. What diagnosis does the family internist give for Tara's condition in Chapter 6?

4. When Tara and her friends share their fears in Chapter 3, Keesha says that she is afraid of whom?

5. In Chapter 4, Tara invents excuses why she cannot walk with people, while she devotes all her attention to doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Donna described in Chapter 11?

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

3. What does Tara reveal to Donna about herself in Chapter 12? What is Donna's reaction?

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

5. What exchange does Tara describe with Mrs. Scott in Chapter 1? What causes Tara's humiliation?

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

7. How have Tara's relationships with her friends changed by seventh grade?

8. How does Tara deal with her parents' absence while they are at work in Chapter 8?

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

10. What causes unexpected trauma in Tara's life in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

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