Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Rachel Aviv
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 96 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Rachel Aviv
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 96 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of Aviv's roommates at the hospital?

2. Who is Bapu's husband?

3. Who did Ray have a very difficult relationship with?

4. Where is one of Bapu's favorite places to spend time?

5. What do Ray's two oldest sons become?

Short Essay Questions

1. What illness is Bapu eventually diagnosed with?

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

3. When Bapu first arrived in Kilpauk Mental Hospital, what drug was often used to treat schizophrenia?

4. What does Aviv's mother propose they do together when Aviv is a teenager?

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

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

7. What kind of trouble did Ray find himself in at the end of his life?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What challenges does Aviv describe Naomi encountering in the time after her release from prison, and how does she describe them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How do both Bhargavi and Karthik remember their mother Bapu as both children and from their adult perspectives? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Aviv discover about Hava, her one-time fellow patient in treatment for anorexia, and how does this news affect Aviv's outlook on her own life path and challenges? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 494 words
(approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us from BookRags. (c)2026 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.