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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 is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man?

2. Tara's mother tells Tara that she did what when she was young in Chapter 3?

3. What does Tara repeatedly do on a ride at the carnival in Chapter 10?

4. Who has a heart attack in Chapter 10?

5. The captain of the volleyball team screams at Tara for what in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tara's response to being kicked off the volleyball team in Chapter 3?

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

3. How have Tara's relationships with her friends changed by seventh grade?

4. How do Tara and their friends describe their personal fears in Chapter 3?

5. What takes place at the carnival in Chapter 10?

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

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

10. How is Donna described in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the family of Donna to Tara's family. How are Donna's parents similar to Tara's? How do they differ? How does Donna feel about her mother versus her father? Do these feelings correspond to Tara's? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Define and identify internal and external conflict in narrative literature. What conflicts does Tara face internally? What conflicts does she face in the world? How are these related in this novel? In what ways does Tara struggle with her own mind, and how does this struggle manifest itself?

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