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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 kind of therapy involves exposing yourself to the thing you are most afraid of, and realizing that it is irrational?
2. In Chapter 15, after Christmas, Tara doesn't feel she can open any door until she has repeated a routine in which she places her fingers on the door how?
3. What does Tara's mother threaten to do due to Tara's behavior in Chapter 15?
4. In Chapter 13, Tara's parents even see the positive influence that who has on Tara?
5. Sam tells Tara and her family that he knows what it feels like to what, in Chapter 18?
Short Essay Questions
1. What treatment does Dr. Leopardi suggest in Chapter 19? How difficult does she tell Tara it will be?
2. How does Tara relate her school studies to her own life in Chapter 21?
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. What does Sam bring Tara in Chapter 22? Why?
6. How does Tara's treatment with Susan Leopardi begin in Chapter 20?
7. How does Tara describe her relationship with Sam in Chapter 23? How has Tara grown by the novel's end?
8. How has Tara evolved as a character from the beginning of the novel to Chapter 22?
9. How does Tara describe her family in Chapter 23?
10. How does Tara describe her experience in the Christmas play in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Define theme in narrative literature, and analyze the theme of isolation in the novel. How does Tara's character exhibit isolation? How has Tara become more isolated than ever before in Chapter 9? Is Tara's isolation self-inflicted? Why or why not?
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