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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. Which one of these family members did not have problems with their mental health?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her grandfather.

2. Elizabeth's dad disappears at the end of her _______ year.
(a) Junior.
(b) Senior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Sophomore.

3. What improves Elizabeth's relationship with her mother that five years of therapy could not accomplish?
(a) Her improved grades.
(b) Her new boyfriend.
(c) Her mother's new boyfriend.
(d) Her new haircut.

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

5. Elizabeth describes depression as an "absence" of many things; which one of these is not one of the absences she mentions?
(a) Absence of feeling.
(b) Absence of interest.
(c) Absence of response.
(d) Absence of faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Elizabeth's friend at camp that she tries to explain her depression to?

2. Which actress does Elizabeth say she wants to be like?

3. What does Elizabeth say Harvard is full of?

4. Where does Elizabeth cut herself during lunch?

5. Which one of these things is not one of the things that drives someone to depression, according to Elizabeth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the reasons why the camp director says Elizabeth won't go through with her threat to have a drug overdose while at camp?

3. Why does Elizabeth want Sam?

4. What phrase does Elizabeth would say would have described her perfectly before she "cracked up?"

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

6. What is Graves' disease?

7. What does Elizabeth consider her father's first and last act of paternal authority?

8. What is unusual about her cousin Pamela that she discovers later?

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

10. What does Elizabeth finally become resigned to?

(see the answer keys)

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