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. In what grade is Tara in Chapter 13?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Eleventh.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Tenth.

2. Donna begins doing what in Chapter 13?
(a) Starting fires.
(b) Skipping school.
(c) Having sex.
(d) Using drugs.

3. In Chapter 20, Tara makes a list of what?
(a) Favorite activities.
(b) Places she would like to go.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Rituals she wants to stop.

4. What question does Tara greet Sam with when he arrives in Chapter 18?
(a) "Do you...kiss doorknobs?"
(b) "Do you live with tyrants?"
(c) "Can you feel my pain?"
(d) "What is it like for you?"

5. When Tara sees Donna, Donna says that she's has sex with a boy named what in Chapter 20?
(a) Harry.
(b) Chuck.
(c) Rob.
(d) Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, who asks Tara about her condition?

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. What does Tara's new psychiatrist say when Tara tells her she hates her in Chapter 20?

5. Who has the fortune, "Good things are coming to you soon" in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Christmas Day end for Tara in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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