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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jamison decide to do before entertaining guests?
(a) Clean out the medicine cabinet
(b) Run around the house
(c) Put on makeup
(d) Shout at her husband

2. What does Jamison's father try to determine the IQ scores of?
(a) The working class
(b) Privately schooled adults
(c) IBM computers
(d) Historical figures

3. What does Jamison's father find it difficult to do when he is clinically depressed?
(a) Play ping pong
(b) Talk on the phone
(c) Get out of bed
(d) Go for walks

4. What country is David Laurie from?
(a) Scotland
(b) Canada
(c) England
(d) Jamaica

5. What kind of snake does Jamison want to protect herself against?
(a) An adder
(b) A grass snake
(c) A brown snake
(d) A rattle snake

6. What happened to the pilot in the military jet?
(a) He lost his legs
(b) He burned to death
(c) He broke his back
(d) He lost an arm

7. In which English city does Jamison spend a few months in?
(a) Birmingham
(b) York
(c) London
(d) Liverpool

8. Which of the following two words does Jamison use to describe her husband?
(a) Witty and loving
(b) Horribly handsome
(c) Depressive and beautiful
(d) Talented and kind

9. How do Jamison and Laurie stay in touch?
(a) Faxes
(b) Telephone calls
(c) Mail
(d) Text messages

10. What do David and Jamison meet for almost every day?
(a) Tea
(b) Lunch
(c) Dinner
(d) Handover

11. What feeling is Jamison filled with during a manic episode?
(a) Intelligence and imaginaton
(b) Self-confidence and well-being
(c) Love and happiness
(d) Hate and darkness

12. Which children's book does Jamison reread?
(a) Winnie the Pooh
(b) Kevin the Kitten
(c) Wind in the willows
(d) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

13. What kind of glove did Jamison used to wear as a society girl in Washington DC?
(a) Fingerless gloves
(b) Length white gloves
(c) Woollen gloves
(d) Ski gloves

14. What does Jamison decide is her strongest interest?
(a) Poetry
(b) Psychology
(c) Sport
(d) Life

15. What does the air crash become a metaphor for?
(a) Jamison's marriages
(b) Jamison's manic-depression
(c) The Iraq war
(d) Jamison's parent's divorce

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison think about when her moods are very low?

2. What does Jamison decide she needs to be patient with?

3. In what city was Andrews Air Force Base situated?

4. What is the name of the man Jamison meets at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What is manic depression also known as?

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