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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Jamison not afford spending sprees?
(a) She has to pay for college
(b) She is already in debt
(c) She is saving for a house
(d) She needs to buy a car

2. What does Jamison claim manic depressive illness is linked with?
(a) Happiness
(b) Academia
(c) Creativity
(d) IQ

3. Which member of Jamison's family is she particularly grateful to for saving her life?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her sister
(c) Her father
(d) Her brother

4. What did Jamison feel when her brother was around?
(a) Talkative
(b) Estactic
(c) Protected
(d) Beautiful

5. What do the students eat in her zoology class?
(a) Lobsters
(b) Crabs
(c) Snails
(d) Oysters

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison take to make sure she does not vomit?

2. In what room does Jamison sleep in to help with her feelings of nausea?

3. What does Jamison find too emotional?

4. Which of the book's character's says off we go into the wild blue yonder?

5. What is Eros?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Jamison give for not getting on with her sister?

2. Why can Jamison not go to a Ivy League school?

3. What kind of work does Jamison decide to go into after graduate school?

4. What happens to Jamison as she is walking through a garden campus in chapter 2?

5. How does Jamison's disorder affect her home life?

6. How does David react when Jamison tell him about her illness?

7. In what way did Jamison's time at college turn out to be a positive experience?

8. Describe the depressive extreme of Jamison's mood disorder.

9. How does Jamison hear about David's death?

10. How is Jamison's image of herself inaccurate?

(see the answer keys)

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