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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 breaks down and tells everyone where to sit during the Christmas meal, her parents grab what and head out of the dining room?
(a) A plate of food.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) The laundry.
(d) The mail.

2. What activity would Sam compulsively do, according to his story in Chapter 18?
(a) Turn lights on and off.
(b) Wash his hands.
(c) Stack the dishes.
(d) Mop the floors.

3. In Chapter 15, after Christmas, Tara doesn't feel she can open any door until she has repeated a routine in which she places her fingers on the door how?
(a) From left to right.
(b) With the same pressure on each finger.
(c) All at the same time.
(d) One at a time.

4. What is one factor of Sam's recovery, as explained in Chapter 18?
(a) Radiation therapy.
(b) Isolation therapy.
(c) Shock therapy.
(d) Medication.

5. Who has become pregnant in Chapter 22?
(a) Keesha.
(b) Kristin.
(c) Anna.
(d) Donna.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tara describes the scene from the restaurant to a doctor in Chapter 16, what diagnosis does the doctor give for Tara?

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

3. Looking out at the audience, Tara recalls a story about her grandmother and mother freezing onstage at what in Chapter 13?

4. Who wrote the Afterword to the novel?

5. In Chapter 22, Sam asks her to take a bite of one of the chocolate kisses, and then do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tara's mother feel after taking Tara to a doctor in Chapter 15? How has Tara's behavior progressed?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Tara describe her experience in the Christmas play in Chapter 13?

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

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