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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. Who is Naomi's mother?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Sapphire.
(c) Florida.
(d) Ellington.

2. What is Laura's last name?
(a) Herbert.
(b) Riley.
(c) Delano.
(d) Fillington.

3. Who becomes Bapu's caregiver?
(a) Her daughter-in-law.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her niece.

4. How much does Laura pay for her own copy of the DSM?
(a) $200.
(b) $36.
(c) $5.
(d) $121.

5. Who wrote "The Anatomy of an Epidemic?"
(a) Harlant Lewis.
(b) Richard Robeson.
(c) Robert Whitaker.
(d) Gerry Hamblin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bapu's children attend college?

2. What happens to the shelter for the mentally ill in Erwadi?

3. What is the title of Bapu's autobiographical play?

4. What problem does Bhargavi's baby have?

5. What was the prison Naomi is sent to nicknamed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do people eventually begin to think of Bapu in the last years of her life?

2. What does Laura Delano think of herself when Aviv first introduces her in Part IV?

3. What does Karthik eventually build a career around?

4. What is Naomi Gaines looking for, according to Aviv, when the reader meets her?

5. Why does Florida weep when recounting her education?

6. What topic is Naomi very passionate about?

7. What kind of relationship do Nandini and Bapu have?

8. What does Naomi's family begin to notice about her after the birth of her twins?

9. What had Naomi always felt was incompatible with being a Black woman?

10. How do other prison inmates treat Naomi?

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