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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 does Aviv look up to at the hospital?

2. Which Japanese scholar is a former anorexic?

3. What does Bapu begin wearing?

4. Who is one of the first psychiatrists Bapu's husband takes her to?

5. What caste is Bapu's family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What illness is Bapu eventually diagnosed with?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Ray Osheroff do for a living?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What particular social and cultural ills was Naomi concerned with most when she had her breakdown and jumped from the bridge in 2003? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Naomi understand her own actions on the bridge on July 4, 2003, after the fact, and how does Aviv convey this reality to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do people come to believe that Bapu was like a mystic or a saint? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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