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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. When Tara leaves Sam in Chapter 23, he slams the door in her face and then reopens it and they do what?
(a) Agree to call each other.
(b) Kiss each other.
(c) Wave goodbye.
(d) Put both their hands on the screen.

2. What is Kristin doing in Chapter 21?
(a) Working in a laboratory.
(b) Working as a travel agent.
(c) Acting.
(d) Modeling.

3. When Sam visits Tara's family in Chapter 18, he explains that he was afraid of what?
(a) Trucks.
(b) Birds.
(c) Germs.
(d) Guns.

4. How many times does Greta say she's been suspended for protecting Tara in Chapter 14?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 6.

5. Mr. Jacobson knows someone with a similar problem as Tara's from where?
(a) A television interview.
(b) A doctor he visits.
(c) His students.
(d) A magazine article.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Afterword to the novel?

2. What kind of therapy involves exposing yourself to the thing you are most afraid of, and realizing that it is irrational?

3. Who does the pharmacist from the drug store turn out to be in Chapter 22?

4. Tara's new psychiatrist explains that the condition is a disease of the brain, not what, in Chapter 19?

5. According to the Afterword, Sam's explanation of the chemical causes of OCD in the novel is accurate: it is an imbalance in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tara's first meeting with Dr. Susan Leopardi like in Chapter 19?

2. What fortunes are read by Tara's family at the Chinese restaurant in Chapter 16?

3. What conflict takes place between Tara and her father in Chapter 17?

4. What new behavior has Tara adopted in the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. What treatment has Sam received for his condition? How does Tara relate to his discussion about OCD in Chapter 18?

6. What do Tara and Donna spend Christmas doing in Chapter 14? What does Tara ask Donna?

7. How does Tara describe her analysis of her dream from the beginning of the novel in Chapter 23?

8. What is the purpose of the book's Afterword? Who is it written by and what does it contain?

9. How has Tara's emotional life evolved in Chapter 13?

10. What does Tara go with Donna to purchase in Chapter 20? Why?

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