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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. Where does Ray spend much of his first years being treated for mental illness?

2. What do barbiturates do?

3. Who did Bapu think she might be the reincarnation of?

4. What is Aviv's first symptom of her illness in Part I?

5. What does Bapu stop dressing her hair with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disease does Aviv struggle with as a very young child?

2. What does Ray once say he feels like therapy is like for him?

3. What does Aviv think of Hava as a young child?

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

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

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

7. What does Karthik think of his mother when he is a child?

8. Where does Ray first go for mental health treatment?

9. What does Ray Osheroff do for a living?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As an adult, how does Aviv come to view her time in treatment for anorexia when she was a very young child? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What doubts and expectations does Aviv develop around her own medication regimen to treat her depression at the end of the book, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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