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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Secret Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Elizabeth cut herself during lunch?
(a) In the girls' bathroom.
(b) On a back staircase in the back of school.
(c) In her friend's car.
(d) In the girls' locker room.

2. What quote does Elizabeth use to describe how depression hits her?
(a) "It hits you like an out of control racecar."
(b) "Gradually and then suddenly."
(c) "It just happened out of the blue."
(d) "You wake up one day a different person."

3. Where does Elizabeth end up when the coke wears off?
(a) Pounding on the door of her ex-boyfriend's apartment.
(b) Sitting under a cold shower, screaming and crying.
(c) On the bathroom floor covered in black chiffon.
(d) On the fire escape landing, refusing to come inside.

4. Why does Elizabeth think she tried her first overdose?
(a) To see what it was like to be the center of attention for once.
(b) To get her mind off her mind; to stop being her for a bit.
(c) To avoid being like all of the other people she knows.
(d) To kill herself.

5. Which one of these is NOT something Dr. Isaac says to Elizabeth?
(a) You are too young to feel all of this misery.
(b) You are a fragmented person.
(c) You're very precocious and sensible.
(d) You have a split foundation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elizabeth describes depression as an "absence" of many things; which one of these is not one of the absences she mentions?

2. How does Elizabeth feel about going to see Dr. Isaac twice a week?

3. What is the secret life that Elizabeth has that her mother doesn't know about?

4. Which college did Elizabeth's mother attend?

5. Where does Elizabeth's mom go for three weeks when Elizabeth is three years old?

(see the answer key)

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