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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. How old was Tara when she first heard "Step on a crack, break your mother's back"?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.
2. Sam visits Tara and brings her what inside a box of chocolates in Chapter 22?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A golden key.
(c) A crystal doorknob.
(d) A note.
3. What does Tara begin doing on the way home from dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) Counting sidewalk cracks.
(b) Zipping and unzipping her coat.
(c) Mumbling to herself.
(d) Reciting bible verses.
4. What does Tara do during the play she performs in in Chapter 13?
(a) Runs onstage screaming.
(b) Starts counting the lights.
(c) Begins praying.
(d) Forgets her lines.
5. What question does Tara greet Sam with when he arrives in Chapter 18?
(a) "Do you live with tyrants?"
(b) "Can you feel my pain?"
(c) "Do you...kiss doorknobs?"
(d) "What is it like for you?"
Short Answer Questions
1. Sam tells Tara and her family that he knows what it feels like to what, in Chapter 18?
2. What is Kristin doing in Chapter 21?
3. What is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and physical well-being?
4. When Tara sees Donna, Donna says that she's has sex with a boy named what in Chapter 20?
5. In Chapter 21, Tara says that she's studying what in school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sam bring Tara in Chapter 22? Why?
2. How does Tara relate her school studies to her own life in Chapter 21?
3. What is the purpose of the book's Afterword? Who is it written by and what does it contain?
4. How has Tara evolved as a character from the beginning of the novel to Chapter 22?
5. How is the obstacle of diagnosis growing to a climax in Chapter 16?
6. What fortunes are read by Tara's family at the Chinese restaurant in Chapter 16?
7. How has Tara's emotional life evolved in Chapter 13?
8. What question does Tara ask her teacher in Chapter 21? Who in the class understands Tara's question?
9. How does Tara describe her relationship with Sam in Chapter 23? How has Tara grown by the novel's end?
10. What does Tara go with Donna to purchase in Chapter 20? Why?
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