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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. What does Bapu stop dressing her hair with?

2. Who does Aviv look up to at the hospital?

3. What does Bapu chastise herself for desiring in her journal?

4. Who is the superintendent of Kilpauk Mental Hospital?

5. Who are Ray's sons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the earliest phase of schizophrenia often marked by?

6. Why does Ray sue the Lodge eventually?

7. What illness is Bapu eventually diagnosed with?

8. What does Ray Osheroff do for a living?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Aviv propose that generational trauma and abuse affects Naomi's life and actions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Laura Delano begin to doubt the efficacy and safety of her medications to treat her depression and anxiety? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Laura Delano, as well as some other people struggling with mental health challenges that Aviv mentions in the book, ultimately decide to go off their medications entirely? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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