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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 happens to the shelter for the mentally ill in Erwadi?
2. Who spends several days reading Bapu's journals?
3. What does Florida say is the solution for people feeling depressed in Naomi's family?
4. Who are Naomi's twins?
5. What drug is supposed to block the craving for alcohol?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Naomi's mother and siblings think of her when she is growing up?
2. What does Laura Delano think of herself when Aviv first introduces her in Part IV?
3. What does Naomi's family begin to notice about her after the birth of her twins?
4. What does Florida say is the solution for Black women who are feeling depressed?
5. What kind of relationship do Nandini and Bapu have?
6. What is one reason Naomi and her siblings and mother move a lot when she is young?
7. What does Bhargavi eventually begin to feel in her proximity to death?
8. What do people eventually begin to think of Bapu in the last years of her life?
9. Why does Florida weep when recounting her education?
10. Why does Laura decide to go off of her medications?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What connections does Aviv draw between Naomi's and Bapu's lives and illnesses? 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
How does Aviv describe the culture in which Bapu is raised, marries, and begins to deteriorate, from a mental health point of view? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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