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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 does Naomi do about a month after having her twins?
2. Who is a psychologist at UCLA?
3. Who kills her children in 1998?
4. Where does Laura grow up?
5. What was the prison Naomi is sent to nicknamed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What tragedy does Bhargavi suffer in her young adult life?
2. What do people eventually begin to think of Bapu in the last years of her life?
3. What is one reason Naomi and her siblings and mother move a lot when she is young?
4. What do Naomi's mother and siblings think of her when she is growing up?
5. Why does Florida weep when recounting her education?
6. How do other prison inmates treat Naomi?
7. What kind of relationship do Nandini and Bapu have?
8. What does Bhargavi eventually begin to feel in her proximity to death?
9. What does Laura Delano think of herself when Aviv first introduces her in Part IV?
10. What does Florida say is the solution for Black women who are feeling depressed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Laura Delano, as well as some other people struggling with mental health challenges that Aviv mentions in the book, ultimately decide to go off their medications entirely? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What doubts and expectations does Aviv develop around her own medication regimen to treat her depression at the end of the book, and why? 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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