Kissing Doorknobs Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Terry Spencer Hesser
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Kissing Doorknobs Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Terry Spencer Hesser
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 school friend of Tara's is concerned with her weight?
(a) Keesha.
(b) Kristin.
(c) Anna.
(d) Wendy.

2. Who does Tara ask if they think she is crazy in Chapter 6?
(a) Anna.
(b) Keesha.
(c) Greta.
(d) Kristin.

3. Tara's mother asks her what happened to whom in Chapter 4, causing Tara to lie in response?
(a) Sister Margaret.
(b) Mrs. Scott.
(c) Father O'Malley.
(d) Mr. Jacobson.

4. Who asks Tara whether she has ever stolen anything in Chapter 12?
(a) Donna.
(b) Greta.
(c) Father O'Malley.
(d) Tara's mother.

5. In Chapter 2, Tara awakes from a nightmare in which what is coming through her neighborhood?
(a) A zebra.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A whale.
(d) A monster.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tara repeatedly do on a ride at the carnival in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Tara's erratic behavior evolved at the beginning of Chapter 4? What does Tara do about her condition?

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

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

4. What takes place at the carnival in Chapter 10?

5. How does Tara defend her friendship with Donna to Keesha in Chapter 12?

6. What is tragic about the image that Tara projects about herself versus the reality in Chapter 3?

7. What does Tara relate about her family and her relationship with her father in Chapter 8?

8. How does Tara feel about her inward thoughts in Chapter 5?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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