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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. In Chapter 23, Tara says that she has figured out the dream she had at the beginning of the novel: The monster she was afraid of was what?
(a) Her OCD.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Susan Leopardi.

2. What does Tara ask Donna which at first offends Donna in Chapter 14?
(a) If she believes in God.
(b) If she is a virgin.
(c) If she plans to graduate.
(d) If she is a Republican.

3. Why does Tara not eat at dinner with her family in Chapter 16?
(a) The food is too spicy.
(b) She has the flu.
(c) She is already full.
(d) She is busy arranging her food.

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

5. In Chapter 22, Sam asks her to take a bite of one of the chocolate kisses, and then do what?
(a) Save the rest.
(b) Make smores.
(c) Give him the rest.
(d) Throw it away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one factor of Sam's recovery, as explained in Chapter 18?

2. What does Tara do after her routing of putting her fingers on the doorknob in Chapter 15?

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

4. What question does Tara greet Sam with when he arrives in Chapter 18?

5. What does Mr. Jacobson tell Tara and her parents he believes she has in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Tara feel about Sam's impending visit in Chapter 18? How does she greet him?

6. How is the obstacle of diagnosis growing to a climax in Chapter 16?

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

8. How does Tara describe her relationship with Sam in Chapter 23? How has Tara grown by the novel's end?

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

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

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