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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. Where did Tara sleep the night after the carnival in Chapter 10?
(a) The couch in the living room.
(b) The bathtub.
(c) In the family car.
(d) The floor by her parents' bed.

2. Tara begins to pray for people who do what in Chapter 6?
(a) Steal.
(b) Eat too much.
(c) Don't trust each other.
(d) Curse.

3. What refers to the part of narrative where the main part happens or the most dramatic part?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Rising action.
(d) Climax.

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

5. Who is the captain of the volleyball team in Chapter 3?
(a) Keesha.
(b) Kristin.
(c) Wendy.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 10, Tara says of her mother, "I wanted to run to her and stroke her hair and tell her it was only" what?

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

4. Tara's mother tells Tara that she did what when she was young in Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of Tara's neighbor who sees her fleeing from her friend in Chapter 1?

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 do after feeling humiliated in front of her schoolmates in Chapter 1? How does she feel?

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

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

6. How does Tara find security in religion, as illustrated in Chapter 6?

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

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

9. What is Tara's response when confronted about her behavior by a friend in Chapter 4? How do her friends react?

10. How does Tara describe her relationship to religion in Chapter 2?

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