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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. What do Tara's friends invite her to do for their Little League games in Chapter 4?
2. What is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man?
3. 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?
4. Tara is afraid of the germs where in Chapter 3?
5. What word refers to a woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for her brave deeds and noble qualities?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tara view language in Chapter 5? Why?
2. What draws Tara to Donna as a person in Chapter 11?
3. Discuss the emotion in Chapter 9 between Tara and Keesha. How does Tara react to pushing her friend?
4. What leads up to Tara's stealing in Chapter 12? What does she do after stealing?
5. How does Tara find security in religion, as illustrated in Chapter 6?
6. What takes place at the carnival in Chapter 10?
7. What is Tara's response when confronted about her behavior by a friend in Chapter 4? How do her friends react?
8. How are the relationships between Tara and her friends described in Chapter 7?
9. How has Tara's erratic behavior evolved at the beginning of Chapter 4? What does Tara do about her condition?
10. How does Tara deal with her parents' absence while they are at work in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze Tara Sullivan as the protagonist of "Kissing Doorknobs". How old is Tara in Chapter 1? What can be discerned about her personality? How does Tara evolve and grow as a character throughout the narrative? How old is Tara at the end of the book?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss both religious allusion and the narrative voice in the novel. Is the novel written in present or past tense? From whose point of view? What religion is Tara? How does she feel about her religion? Why does Tara find solace in religion?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role that religious obsession plays in obsessive-compulsive disorder. What other symptoms are significant which are displayed by Tara in the narrative? Would you have diagnosed Tara as OCD based upon her behavior? Why or why not?
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