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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 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 tells her she's being selfish and ignores her for the rest of the time at camp.
(c) She walks away and tells their counselor.
(d) She puts her arms around her and hugs her.

2. How frequently does Elizabeth hear from her father now?
(a) Never.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Every six months.
(d) Once in awhile.

3. Why does Elizabeth think she tried her first overdose?
(a) To avoid being like all of the other people she knows.
(b) To see what it was like to be the center of attention for once.
(c) To get her mind off her mind; to stop being her for a bit.
(d) To kill herself.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which concert do Elizabeth and her new boyfriend attend together?

2. What does Elizabeth think every time she thinks about her father?

3. Which of these is NOT a way that Elizabeth imagines dying?

4. Which one of these drugs is not part of Elizabeth's usual cocktail to fight depression?

5. Which one of these family members did not have problems with their mental health?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Elizabeth say that she never had to worry about a crash landing?

3. What does Elizabeth dream after her father disappears?

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

5. How does Elizabeth feel while describing her family situation to therapists in relation to her depression?

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

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

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

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

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

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