Tara
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Family
Work and Responsibility
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What musical did Tara sing the lead for?

Annie

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What is the significance of January 1st, 2000?

Gene believes it's the end of the world and technology, the Second coming of Christ

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What happens on the way back home from Arizona?

A Snow Storm and a car crash

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What do Tara’s parents believe is more effective than doctors?

Herbal Medicine

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Why does Tara continue working in the junkyard even though it is unsafe?

Her family depends on her

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What year did Tara sing in the musical?

1999

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What is the boy's name that Tara meets during the play?

Charles

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Where did the car crash into?

A field

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What family members went to Arizona?

Tara, Richard, Audrey, Gene, and Faye

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What song was Gene whistling while burying the tank of fuel?

“I feel pretty” from West Side Story

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What is the name of the place Tara rehearses?

Worm Creek Opera House

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What time does Tara finally go to bed on January 1st?

1:30am

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How did Gene modify the Chevy Astro on the drive to Arizona?

He removed the back seats and put in a queen mattress.

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What is Tara’s aunt's name?

Aunt Angie

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Which brother came home to help Gene?

Shawn

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What did Tara do to help "cure" her swollen tonsils?

Followed her father's advice and stood in the sun with her mouth open every morning

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What is the name of the program Gene was watching while waiting for midnight on Dec 31st. 

The Honeymooners

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What type of cancer does Tara’s grandmother have?

Cancer in her bone marrow

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How many years had it been since Tara has seen Shawn?

6 years

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Where did the family hide the food prepared for Y2K?

In a root cellar 

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What did Tara imagine to make her back feel better?

A green bubble with a Mormon temple, Kamikaze, and Luke's old goat

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Gene said every righteous man should have at least a 10 year supply of what 4 resources during Y2K?

Food, fuel, guns, and gold

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Name one remedy Tara’s mother tried on her grandmother for her cancer?

Foot soaks in red clay, cup of bitter parsley tea, tinctures of horsetail and hydrangea

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On December 31st, what book of the bible did Gene study?

Isaiah

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What type of rifle did Gene and Richard assemble?

Fifty-caliber rifle