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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elizabeth think is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for her?
(a) Dr. King gets her bills paid without needing her involvement.
(b) Dr. King agrees to let her skip a semester of classes.
(c) Dr. King gets her a private room in the infirmary.
(d) Dr. King agrees to not contact her parents.

2. What is the name of Elizabeth's cousin who she will later learn has the same kind of mental illness?
(a) Pamela.
(b) Paris.
(c) Irv.
(d) Stephanie.

3. Which drug has Elizabeth decided to "cold-kick?"
(a) Nyquil.
(b) Prozac.
(c) Lithium.
(d) Ambien.

4. What does Elizabeth long to become?
(a) Multi-lingual.
(b) The old Lizzy.
(c) A musician.
(d) A little girl.

5. What disease does Elizabeth fear the lithium will give her?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(c) Hodgkins disease.
(d) Graves' disease.

6. How does Elizabeth's mother see Oliver North?
(a) As a hero.
(b) As a terrorist.
(c) As a misguided fanatic.
(d) As a loser.

7. What is the name of Elizabeth's new boyfriend after her father leaves?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Zachary.
(c) Lyle.
(d) Zacharias.

8. How does Elizabeth describe her depression?
(a) A living nightmare.
(b) Doom and despair.
(c) The black wave.
(d) The black cloud.

9. Why won't her father pay her medical bills?
(a) He doesn't like her psychologist.
(b) He doesn't believe she is sick.
(c) It's her mother's responsibility according the divorce agreement.
(d) He doesn't have the money.

10. What is written on the card Elizabeth receives from her friend?
(a) Drug use is the best abuse.
(b) Give me lithium or give me death!
(c) Getting healthy is for the birds.
(d) 500,000 heroin addicts can't be wrong.

11. What is the name of Elizabeth's friend at camp that she tries to explain her depression to?
(a) Eppeline.
(b) Paris.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Lisbona.

12. Which of these is NOT a way that Elizabeth imagines dying?
(a) In a swimming pool like the opening shot of Sunset Boulevard.
(b) Go overboard like Natalie Wood.
(c) Drown deliberately like Virginia Woolf.
(d) Like Sylvia Plath with her head in the oven.

13. What was Elizabeth born in the middle of?
(a) Woodstock.
(b) The Summer of Love.
(c) A Volkswagon bus.
(d) The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

14. How old is Elizabeth when her parents get divorced?
(a) Two.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Five.

15. Why are Elizabeth's parents suddenly talking again when she is in the eighth grade?
(a) They have to decide what to do with her.
(b) They have decided to try their relationship again.
(c) Her mother wants more alimony.
(d) They are arguing about a financial investment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elizabeth convinced she will have because of taking Prozac?

2. Elizabeth asks if depression is _________

3. How does Elizabeth's mother treat her?

4. What improves Elizabeth's relationship with her mother that five years of therapy could not accomplish?

5. What is the name of the doctor whom Elizabeth sees in Stillman?

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