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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. What Indian drug changed the course of psychiatry?

3. How much does Hava weigh when Caldwell meets her?

4. What does Ray regain once he begins taking antidepressants?

5. What kind of treatment does Bapu eventually undergo for depression?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ray sue the Lodge eventually?

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

4. Why are Aviv's parents dismayed when they visit her in the hospital?

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

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

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

8. What kind of relationship did Ray have with his own father?

9. What illness is Bapu eventually diagnosed with?

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 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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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