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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. In what city was Andrews Air Force Base situated?

2. Which poet does Jamison make 40 copies of?

3. In which city does David die?

4. What country has David been assigned to?

5. Which of the following composers does the orchestra not play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamison's first visit to a psychiatric hospital affect her?

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

3. How does Jamison's brother save her life in chapter 5?

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

5. What happens to the plane that flies over the school yard in the first chapter?

6. What is Jamison's sister's views on lithium?

7. Why does Jamison admire her older brother?

8. How does Jamison describe her early childhood years?

9. How does the concert in chapter 6 benefit manic depressives?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine manic depressive illness as described in the book.

1) What does Jamison feel during a manic episode?

2) What does Jamison suffer during a depressive episode?

3) Define stable state of mind?

Essay Topic 2

Write a 500-word essay revolving around one of the following statements:

1) By connecting manic depression to creativity there is a danger Jamison could romanticize the illness.

2) Jamison's recovery from her illness occurred at a time when most people begin to develop emotional maturity.

3) Jamison is often too subjective and fails to address the fact medication may not benefit everybody.

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Jamison uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

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