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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. Where does Tara's mother get a job in Chapter 8?

2. What refers to behavior in which a person acts in a certain way not because they want to, but because they feel they have to do so?

3. Tara asks Donna how she can do what after going to Communion in Chapter 11?

4. What does Tara take from a store in Chapter 12?

5. Where does Tara go after leaving the store in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Donna described in Chapter 11?

2. How has Greta's relationship with Tara shifted between Chapter 7 and Chapter 8?

3. How does Tara come to feel about Keesha in Chapter 5? Why? What does this evolve into?

4. What leads up to Tara's stealing in Chapter 12? What does she do after stealing?

5. Discuss the emotion in Chapter 9 between Tara and Keesha. How does Tara react to pushing her friend?

6. How does Tara describe the phrase that began her problems in Chapter 1?

7. How does Tara view language in Chapter 5? Why?

8. In terms of character arc, where is Tara in Chapter 10? How is this chapter an imprint on her character?

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

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

Discuss intrusive thoughts as symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. How are intrusive thoughts defined? How are these symptomatic of OCD? How do intrusive thoughts differ from things like a passing crush or worry about a test? What are examples of intrusive thoughts in Tara's character?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss anorexia and the female self image. What percentage of teenage girls today suffer from low self image? How does this relate to body issues and weight? What self image do each of Tara's friends project? How does each relate to Tara?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the element of language and style in literature and in the novel. How is language used in "Kissing Doorknobs"? How is it used thematically with Tara's character? How do the characters interact with one another? Does this differ from how Tara's internal mind thinks?

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