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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the secret life that Elizabeth has that her mother doesn't know about?
(a) She skips school all day often.
(b) She has a boyfriend and goes to his house all day instead of school.
(c) She is a drug addict to prescription pills.
(d) She is writing a novel.

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

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

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

5. Which soap opera does Elizabeth watch constantly while at her aunt's house?
(a) The Young and the Restless.
(b) One Life to Live.
(c) General Hospital.
(d) Days of Our Lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many therapists has Elizabeth had at the time of the writing?

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

3. Where does Elizabeth get mugged?

4. What is written on the card Elizabeth receives from her friend?

5. When Elizabeth is on the floor of the bathroom, what illegal drug is she currently on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elizabeth compensate for her parents' constant arguing?

2. What does Elizabeth dream after her father disappears?

3. Why does Elizabeth love taking Ecstasy?

4. Why does Elizabeth want Sam?

5. At the beginning of the party, what happens to Elizabeth's cat?

6. How does physical contact with Abel make Elizabeth feel?

7. What makes Dr. Saltenstahl different from many of Elizabeth's other psychologists?

8. How does Elizabeth feel when she gets on the phone with her father and what do they argue about?

9. Describe the guys that Elizabeth and her friends take up with?

10. Why does Elizabeth think that how her mother treated her was the perfect solution?

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