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

2. What does Tara ask Donna which at first offends Donna in Chapter 14?

3. What is Kristin doing in Chapter 21?

4. Tara tells her new psychiatrist that she looks like what, in Chapter 19?

5. Who has the fortune, "Good things are coming to you soon" in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tara describe her experience in the Christmas play in Chapter 13?

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

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

6. What new behavior has Tara adopted in the beginning of Chapter 15?

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

8. How has Tara evolved as a character from the beginning of the novel to Chapter 22?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and identify dramatic irony and the tragic hero in narrative literature. How many different types of irony are there, and why does dramatic irony fit the situation in Chapter 3? Why is Tara's character tragic? What is ironic about her situation with her friends and family?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze Tara's experience at the carnival in Chapter 10. In what ways is this a pinnacle of demoralization for Tara? How does Tara's mother feel about her behavior? How does Tara's father react to the situation? What major lesson does Tara learn?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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