Theme or Issue (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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What does the memoir present as the central force of change throughout Westover's story?
What does the memoir present as the central force of change throughout Westover's story?
Education
What is the highest academic degree Tara Westover eventually earned?
What is the highest academic degree Tara Westover eventually earned?
PhD from Cambridge
What does education create between Tara and her unchanged family members?
What does education create between Tara and her unchanged family members?
Distance
Which internal conflict forms the emotional heart of the memoir?
Which internal conflict forms the emotional heart of the memoir?
Family loyalty vs personal truth
What term describes the powerful shared stories families create that override actual truth?
What term describes the powerful shared stories families create that override actual truth?
Family mythology
Which family member's violence does the memoir describe as creating secondary trauma?
Which family member's violence does the memoir describe as creating secondary trauma?
Her brother Shawn
What does the memoir identify as a tool that enables abuse to continue?
What does the memoir identify as a tool that enables abuse to continue?
Silence
What effect does the family's refusal to believe Tara's accounts have on her?
What effect does the family's refusal to believe Tara's accounts have on her?
Forces her to question her perceptions
What does Tara's journey centre on discovering and claiming?
What does Tara's journey centre on discovering and claiming?
Her own voice
How does the memoir describe identity formation?
How does the memoir describe identity formation?
Actively constructed through self-inquiry
Where did the Westover family live in physical and ideological separation?
Where did the Westover family live in physical and ideological separation?
Remote mountain in Idaho
How does acknowledging memory's limitations affect Westover's narrative?
How does acknowledging memory's limitations affect Westover's narrative?
Strengthens it by showing integrity