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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. What does Tara's new psychiatrist say when Tara tells her she hates her in Chapter 20?
(a) "I'm not too fond of you either."
(b) "That's okay. It's not important."
(c) "How dare you."
(d) "Get it all out."

2. When Sam visits Tara's family in Chapter 18, he explains that he was afraid of what?
(a) Trucks.
(b) Birds.
(c) Germs.
(d) Guns.

3. Sam visits Tara and brings her what inside a box of chocolates in Chapter 22?
(a) A note.
(b) A crystal doorknob.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A golden key.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Tara when she first heard "Step on a crack, break your mother's back"?

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

4. Sam calls Tara in Chapter 19, and tells her that if she doesn't get over her fears, they will what?

5. What does Tara do during the play she performs in in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tara relate her school studies to her own life in Chapter 21?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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