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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 was Ray's doctor at Silver Hill?

2. Who is Bapu's husband?

3. What did Ray once want to do for a career?

4. Who is the most practical person in Aviv's family, according to her?

5. When does Ray start walking 8 hours per day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Ray sue the Lodge eventually?

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

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

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

9. What happens once Ray starts taking antidepressants?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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