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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. According to the Afterword, OCD affects about what percentage of the population in adults?

2. According to the Afterword, OCD affects about what percentage of the population in children?

3. Where do Tara and Donna go shopping in Chapter 20?

4. Looking out at the audience, Tara recalls a story about her grandmother and mother freezing onstage at what in Chapter 13?

5. Who does Tara ask to walk home with her after class in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tara's mother feel after taking Tara to a doctor in Chapter 15? How has Tara's behavior progressed?

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

3. What is the purpose of the book's Afterword? Who is it written by and what does it contain?

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

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

6. What fortunes are read by Tara's family at the Chinese restaurant in Chapter 16?

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

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

9. What does Sam bring Tara in Chapter 22? Why?

10. What conflict takes place between Tara and her father in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the climax of the narrative and the character of Mr. Jacobson in the novel. How does Tara's father know Mr. Jacobson? What questions does Mr. Jacobson ask Tara?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Tara's father's medical condition. What led to his heart attack, and how serious was his condition at the hospital? How does Tara's father's heart attack affect Tara's relationship with her mother? How is Greta affected by her father's hospitalization?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss anorexia and the female self image. What percentage of teenage girls today suffer from low self image? How does this relate to body issues and weight? What self image do each of Tara's friends project? How does each relate to Tara?

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