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

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Simile.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Metaphor.

3. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea?
(a) Poltergeist.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Oxymoron.

4. What word refers to a woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for her brave deeds and noble qualities?
(a) Goddess.
(b) Matriarch.
(c) Heroine.
(d) Patriarch.

5. At the beginning of a narrative, what is the author's providing of some background information to the reader about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
(a) Climax.
(b) Rising action.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Denouement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tara do when her mother curses, causing Tara's mother anger in Chapter 10?

2. What is the carnival in celebration of that Tara's family attends in Chapter 10?

3. To whom does Tara pray to when she is frightened at home alone in Chapter 8?

4. How old is Donna when Tara meets her in Chapter 11?

5. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Tara to study religion in Chapter 6? How is this perceived by her family?

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

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

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

5. What is Tara's response to being kicked off the volleyball team in Chapter 3?

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

7. How does Tara view language in Chapter 5? Why?

8. How is Donna described in Chapter 11?

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

10. How does Tara describe her best friends in Chapter 3? What grade is Tara in at this point?

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