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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Tara awakes from a nightmare in which what is coming through her neighborhood?

2. What does Donna ask Tara if she has in Chapter 11?

3. When Tara and her friends share their fears in Chapter 3, Keesha says that she is afraid of whom?

4. What catch phrase does Tara begin hearing over and over in her head as described in Chapter 1?

5. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Tara's erratic behavior evolved at the beginning of Chapter 4? What does Tara do about her condition?

2. What does Tara relate about her family and her relationship with her father in Chapter 8?

3. What does Tara overhear her parents saying about her in Chapter 6? How does Tara feel about the situation?

4. What leads Tara to study religion in Chapter 6? How is this perceived by her family?

5. What draws Tara to Donna as a person in Chapter 11?

6. What does Tara do after feeling humiliated in front of her schoolmates in Chapter 1? How does she feel?

7. How is Donna described in Chapter 11?

8. How does Tara find security in religion, as illustrated in Chapter 6?

9. How does Tara describe her relationship with her mother in Chapter 2? How does she describe her friends?

10. How does Tara describe the summer between fifth and sixth grades in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and identify dramatic irony and the tragic hero in narrative literature. How many different types of irony are there, and why does dramatic irony fit the situation in Chapter 3? Why is Tara's character tragic? What is ironic about her situation with her friends and family?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the character of Greta in the narrative. How old is Greta in relation to Tara? What is Greta's relationship with Tara like? How does Greta get along with her family? How does Greta prove her loyalty to Tara as a sister in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the climax of the narrative and the character of Mr. Jacobson in the novel. How does Tara's father know Mr. Jacobson? What questions does Mr. Jacobson ask Tara?

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