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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Elizabeth go after Ruby catches her?
(a) The Mental Health facilities at the University Hospital.
(b) Back to New York to see her mother.
(c) Straight to the library to hide in a cubicle.
(d) To a hotel room for the night.

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

3. Why does Elizabeth have to leave the party in the beginning?
(a) She is called into work unexpectedly.
(b) Her cat gets out of the house.
(c) They run out of alcohol much earlier than expected.
(d) Her mother needs her at home immediately.

4. Which book does Elizabeth call a "trippy epic full of Sirens and Lotus-Eaters"?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) The Illiad.
(d) The Jabberwoky.

5. What does Elizabeth's mother attribute her recent changes to?
(a) Her mother's new marriage.
(b) Her father leaving.
(c) Her new sibling.
(d) Menstrual blood.

6. After the divorce, who gets full custody of Elizabeth?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her mother.

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

8. Where do Elizabeth and her mother cruise to after she and her boyfriend break up?
(a) The Caribbean.
(b) The Mediterranean.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Jamaica.

9. How does Elizabeth describe her depression when she is at Harvard?
(a) A black wave.
(b) A black cloud.
(c) A black diamond.
(d) A dying sunflower.

10. What does Elizabeth think every time she thinks about her father?
(a) I want to live with you.
(b) I want to kill you.
(c) I want to do drugs.
(d) I want a new life.

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

12. Who or what starts to give Elizabeth her first feelings of pleasure in a long time?
(a) The ride on the subway train in the middle of the night.
(b) Bruce Springsteen.
(c) The cocktail of drugs she's taking.
(d) Abel, her friend's older brother.

13. How does Elizabeth feel about going to see Dr. Isaac twice a week?
(a) She sneaks out and goes somewhere else instead.
(b) She likes it fine.
(c) She hates and resents it.
(d) She doesn't care.

14. What makes Elizabeth's move to Harvard ominous?
(a) They lose record of where Elizabeth should live.
(b) She and her mother get lost.
(c) It's raining.
(d) Their car breaks down.

15. On what holiday does Elizabeth gets chased by her current best friend?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Day of the Dead.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Valentine's Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elizabeth call Dr. Ira's office?

2. What book is the quote from?

3. What did Elizabeth's mother go to Cornell to become?

4. What is the name of Elizabeth's cousin who she will later learn has the same kind of mental illness?

5. What was Elizabeth born in the middle of?

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