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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) Calls the police.
(b) Returns and confesses.
(c) Runs as fast as she can.
(d) Sits down and cries.

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

3. In Chapter 7, Tara says that the summer between fifth and sixth grades was almost normal, although she would not do what?
(a) Read at the library.
(b) Swim at the pool.
(c) Go places with her friends.
(d) Go to the movies.

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

5. When was the American Legion founded?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes that Tara's condition is just a passing stage in Chapter 6?

2. Where did Tara sleep the night after the carnival in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 8, Tara's father spends more and more time and energy transforming the American Legion into "a community center filled with life, laughter and piles of" what?

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

5. What verb means to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In terms of character arc, where is Tara in Chapter 10? How is this chapter an imprint on her character?

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

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

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

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