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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 are the lectures at the ashram in Chennai about?
(a) Bhagavad Gita.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Heroism.
(d) The Quaran.

2. What is the name of the house Bapu's father bought for her?
(a) Lolita.
(b) Bartita.
(c) Jefington.
(d) Amrita.

3. Who wrote the essay "The Hidden Self"?
(a) William James.
(b) Helen Hendry.
(c) Richard Ross.
(d) Michael Henderson.

4. Who is Ray's second wife?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Helen.
(c) Joy.
(d) Janet.

5. What does Bapu chastise herself for desiring in her journal?
(a) Beer.
(b) Sex.
(c) Food.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aviv's mother propose to her at one point for a collaboration?

2. When is Aviv discharged from the hospital as a child?

3. What does Bapu stop dressing her hair with?

4. Who are Ray's sons?

5. Who does Bapu's family suggest she sends her books of verse to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aviv's stepmother tell her as an adult that sobers her?

2. Why are Aviv's parents dismayed when they visit her in the hospital?

3. What kind of relationship did Ray have with his own father?

4. What does Ray Osheroff do for a living?

5. How do Bapu's in-laws treat her?

6. Why does Ray read the entire Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

7. What illness is Bapu eventually diagnosed with?

8. What happens once Ray starts taking antidepressants?

9. What do some of Aviv's earliest doctors pinpoint as one of the factors of her illness?

10. What does Aviv think of Elizabeth in first grade?

(see the answer keys)

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