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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 is writing a novel.
(b) She has a boyfriend and goes to his house all day instead of school.
(c) She skips school all day often.
(d) She is a drug addict to prescription pills.

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

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

4. What advice does Elizabeth's dad tell her before he disappears without a trace?
(a) Stay away from relationships.
(b) Live, love and laugh often.
(c) Live boldly.
(d) Be careful of your heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elizabeth not plan to do after she finds more coke?

2. How does Elizabeth get out of her exam?

3. Which book does Elizabeth call a "trippy epic full of Sirens and Lotus-Eaters"?

4. What is Ruby chasing Elizabeth with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the mood of Elizabeth and her mother on their way to Harvard.

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

3. Why does Elizabeth love taking Ecstasy?

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

5. Why does Elizabeth wish she had a real ailment or drug addiction instead of depression?

6. What is the Catch-22-like situation that Elizabeth finds herself in?

7. How does Elizabeth end up on the bathroom floor covered in black chiffon sobbing?

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

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

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

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