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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 Jamison want to buy at the drug store?

2. In what city was Andrews Air Force Base situated?

3. What does Jamison think about when her moods are very low?

4. Who insists Jamison has to stay on lithium?

5. In what country is St. Andrew's located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamison's first visit to a psychiatric hospital affect her?

2. How does Jamison mood swings affect her at college?

3. In what way did Jamison's time at college turn out to be a positive experience?

4. What happens to the plane that flies over the school yard in the first chapter?

5. How does Jamison prove that manic depression is linked with greater creativity?

6. How does Jamison's brother save her life in chapter 5?

7. How does Jamison describe her early childhood years?

8. How does Jamison feel about her disorder?

9. What reason does Jamison give for not getting on with her sister?

10. How does David react when Jamison tell him about her illness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jamison discusses the problems of using such words as bi-polar instead of manic depression. How important is it to have an appropriate name for an illness? What does the word manic depressive mean to you? Could the word bi-polar develop negative connotations in time?

Essay Topic 2

Jamison occasionally examines the positive aspects of her illness. What positives can Jamison take from her illness? Would she have become the successful person she became without the illness?

Essay Topic 3

In 500 words, and using examples from the book, discuss the difference between Jamison's life when she was not in control of her illness to when you did gain control.

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