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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 17, when Tara does her doorknob thing in front of her father, he gets angry when she won't stop what?

2. Tara has a small part in a play for what in Chapter 13?

3. What does Tara's mother threaten to do due to Tara's behavior in Chapter 15?

4. What does Tara do after her routing of putting her fingers on the doorknob in Chapter 15?

5. In Chapter 22, Tara is how far into her therapy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Tara's first meeting with Dr. Susan Leopardi like in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

7. How does Tara feel about Sam's impending visit in Chapter 18? How does she greet him?

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

9. What treatment does Dr. Leopardi suggest in Chapter 19? How difficult does she tell Tara it will be?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss stereotypes in the novel and in real life. How realistic are the characters of Keesha, Kristin and Anna? Are these stereotypes realistic depictions of people you can relate to? Why or why not? Is there a basis in the stereotypes? Are they simply Tara's way of identifying people?

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