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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. Who are Bapu's children?

2. Which Japanese scholar is a former anorexic?

3. What is the name of the temple town with some 50 shrines?

4. What is one reason Aviv starts eating again in the hospital?

5. What business was Ray in before being treated for mental health challenges?

Short Essay Questions

1. What big project does Ray embark on after he spends some time in treatment?

2. What does Ray Osheroff do for a living?

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

4. What is the outcome of Ray's lawsuit against the Lodge?

5. What kind of relationship did Ray have with his children?

6. What is one major motivation of Aviv's to begin eating again?

7. Who advocates for evidence-based medicine and why?

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

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

10. What is one reason Ray's first wife files for divorce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Aviv convey the magnitude of Osheroff's lawsuit for the future of mental health treatment to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Ray Osheroff sue the Chestnut Lodge, and what larger significance does the lawsuit take on for him? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How and when does Aviv establish her personal connection to the book's topic? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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