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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mental health facility called at Harvard?
(a) King Infirmary.
(b) Einstein Laboratories.
(c) Broughton.
(d) Stillman Infirmary.

2. What is Ruby chasing Elizabeth with?
(a) A stereo system.
(b) An unsheathed pocketknife.
(c) An unloaded gun.
(d) A fake sword.

3. What does Elizabeth say Harvard is full of?
(a) Brainaics.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Nut cases.
(d) Losers.

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

5. Which one of these things is not one of the things that drives someone to depression, according to Elizabeth?
(a) Drugs
(b) Divorce
(c) Money.
(d) Death

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

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

8. What book is the quote from?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) The Sun Also Rises.
(c) The Catcher in the Rye.
(d) The Bell Jar.

9. Where do Elizabeth and her mother move to?
(a) The Upper West Side.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) California.

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

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

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

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

14. Which actress does Elizabeth say she wants to be like?
(a) Ali MacGraw.
(b) Winona Ryder.
(c) Goldie Hawn.
(d) Julia Roberts.

15. What is Paris's reaction to Elizabeth rant about what it feels like to be depressed?
(a) She yells that she's crazy and runs away.
(b) She walks away and tells their counselor.
(c) She tells her she's being selfish and ignores her for the rest of the time at camp.
(d) She puts her arms around her and hugs her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Elizabeth's new boyfriend after her father leaves?

2. How does Elizabeth describe her depression?

3. Elizabeth's dad disappears at the end of her _______ year.

4. What makes Elizabeth's move to Harvard ominous?

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

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