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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elizabeth's mother see Oliver North?

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

3. Who or what starts to give Elizabeth her first feelings of pleasure in a long time?

4. What does Elizabeth's mom find when she puts a ruler away that she's found?

5. What did Elizabeth's mother go to Cornell to become?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Graves' disease?

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

4. 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?

5. What does Elizabeth dream after her father disappears?

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

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

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

9. Why do Elizabeth and Jethro decide to take some cocaine?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elizabeth and her mother have a conversation after Elizabeth returns home to take care of her mother after she is attacked. What is the conversation about and what do you think its impact is for Elizabeth?

Essay Topic 2

How do Elizabeth's friend react to her suicide attempt? Is this a normal response? Give the reactions of two of her friends and analyze their reactions to Elizabeth's suicide attempt.

Essay Topic 3

Wurtzel jumps from doctor to doctor when her mental health begins to deteriorate at age 12. What kind of impact do you think this has on her development and diagnosis of the disease? Do you think the impact is positive or negative? Why? Use specific examples with various doctors to support your theory.

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