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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. Why did Jamison want to protect her family?

2. What does Jamison feel herself to be?

3. What does Jamison study in Oxford?

4. What does Jamison recall with longing?

5. Who does Jamison recall a conversation with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamison stop the temptation of reliving her manic episodes?

2. How does Jamison react to David's death?

3. What does life in Oxford teach her?

4. How does Jamison cope on her return to Los Angeles?

5. What does Jamison hope never to have to experience again concerning her manic episodes?

6. Why is Jamison drawn to Wyatt?

7. What conversation does Jamison recall at the beginning of chapter 11?

8. What does Jamison say she now accepts about her illness?

9. How could revealing her illness affect her personal life?

10. How does Jamison benefit when her psychiatrist lowers her dosage level?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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