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1. In the Preface, what situation did Susannah find herself in?

Susannah woke to darkness and silence. As she looked, slowly a television, curtain, and a bed came into focus. She tried to move, and she realized that she was strapped to the bed by a vest. A nurse came in to check on her and released her from her restraints. Susannah reached up to touch her head and discovered that there were rows of plastic wires there. On her wrist was a orange plastic band that said, "Flight Risk" (xiv).

2. In Chapter 1, how did Susannah speculate that her illness may have begun?

Susannah speculated that her illness began with a bug bit. One morning in early 2009, she woke to find two red dots on a vein running down her left arm. She became obsessed with the fact that there were bed bugs in her apartment, even though the exterminator assured her there were none.

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