Kissing Doorknobs Test | Final 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 | Final 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. Tara blames her friend's pregnancy on whom in Chapter 23?
(a) Sister Margaret.
(b) Father O'Malley.
(c) Uncle Joe.
(d) Chuck.

2. In Chapter 19, who asks Tara about her condition?
(a) Sister Margaret.
(b) Susan Leopardi.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Father O'Malley.

3. In Chapter 17, one night, on her way out the front door to meet Donna, Tara does her doorknob thing, and her father asks her what?
(a) If he can do anything to help her.
(b) If he's made her unhappy.
(c) If she is worried about something.
(d) Why she must kiss doorknobs.

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

5. Sam calls Tara in Chapter 19, and tells her that if she doesn't get over her fears, they will what?
(a) Get bigger and bigger.
(b) Eventually go away.
(c) Destroy her.
(d) Liberate her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sam visits Tara's family in Chapter 18, he explains that he was afraid of what?

2. According to the Afterword, OCD affects about what percentage of the population in children?

3. What does Tara ask Donna which at first offends Donna in Chapter 14?

4. According to the Afterword, OCD affects about what percentage of the population in adults?

5. Tara's new psychiatrist tells her to think about her parents being dead how many times a day in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How has Tara evolved as a character from the beginning of the novel to Chapter 22?

4. How does Tara's treatment with Susan Leopardi begin in Chapter 20?

5. What treatment does Dr. Leopardi suggest in Chapter 19? How difficult does she tell Tara it will be?

6. What question does Tara ask her teacher in Chapter 21? Who in the class understands Tara's question?

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

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

9. How does Tara describe her family in Chapter 23?

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

(see the answer keys)

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