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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 Naomi interview for her own memoir?

2. What happens to the shelter for the mentally ill in Erwadi?

3. What kind of ball does Laura go to?

4. What does Florida say is the solution for people feeling depressed in Naomi's family?

5. What does Naomi do about a month after having her twins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Naomi always felt was incompatible with being a Black woman?

2. What do Laura's first doctors start her down the path of in Part IV?

3. What is Naomi Gaines looking for, according to Aviv, when the reader meets her?

4. How do other prison inmates treat Naomi?

5. What does Naomi know about the circumstances of her own birth?

6. Why does Naomi run into trouble with employment after her release from prison?

7. What does Laura feel for the first time in a very long time following her suicide attempt?

8. What do people eventually begin to think of Bapu in the last years of her life?

9. Why does Laura decide to go off of her medications?

10. What topic is Naomi very passionate about?

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

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

How does Aviv describe the various treatments and medications that Bapu was put on/given by her doctors? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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