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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 Chapter 1, where was Susannah's apartment?

2. In Chapter 12, how many electrodes did a technician put on Susannah's scalp?

3. In Chapter 15, how many days after Susannah had her first blackout while watching the PBS show with Gwyneth Paltrow, was she admitted to the hospital?

4. In Chapter 2, how long ago had Susannah first met Stephen?

5. In Chapter 11, what was the date when Susannah wrote the first of a series of random Word documents to document her thoughts?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why did Susannah's father tell her to pull herself together?

2. In Chapter 18, how was Susannah dealt with after she began running up and down the hallways?

3. In Chapter 19 on March 27, how was Susannah reacting?

4. In Chapter 19, why was Dr. Friedman concerned about Susannah, and what did he tell Susannah's father?

5. What delusion did Susannah have in Chapter 15, and what was the name of the syndrome that involved that delusion?

6. What repetitive movements did Stephen notice Susannah performing toward the end of Chapter 11, and what did those movement turn out to be?

7. In Chapter 7, how did Susannah perceive Times Square when she walked through one March?

8. In Chapter 13, how did Susannah act when her father and stepmother wanted her to come home with them?

9. In Chapter 12, what did a technician say about Susannah's EEG, and what did Susannah think of what the tech said?

10. In Chapter 12 on the way to see Dr. Bailey, what did Susannah demand and what did she do after she got what she wanted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Stephen and Susannah had only been dating for four months before she got sick, he stayed with her the entire time. How was Stephen a support for Susannah during her illness? What did his dedication to her reveal about him and the relationship he had with Susannah?

Essay Topic 2

Susannah’s family and Stephen pulled together to help her through her medical crisis. How did Susannah’s family and Stephen help her during her medical crisis? How does a medical crisis affect not only the patient, but also family and friends?

Essay Topic 3

Susannah wrote the story in Brain on Fire. Why did Susannah write her own story? What did she hope to achieve by writing her story?

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