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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. What does Jamison say takes hours to do when she is depressed?

2. What is Jamison's brother researching the economic aspects of?

3. Who insists Jamison has to stay on lithium?

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

5. What does Jamison call the chauvinist professor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does David help Jamison get over a depressive episode?

6. What does Jamison think of St. Andrews?

7. What reason does Jamison give for connecting manic depressives with creativity?

8. What is an example of Jamison's manic behavior?

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

10. What is Jamison's opinion of using medication to treat depressive disorders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events in Jamison's early life influenced her decision to study psychology? How different do the students think Jamison's life would been if she was from a less supportive family?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Jamison use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

What major events had a profound affect on Jamison's life and how did they change her? What does Jamison still have to learn by the end of the book?

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