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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what starts to give Elizabeth her first feelings of pleasure in a long time?
(a) Abel, her friend's older brother.
(b) Bruce Springsteen.
(c) The ride on the subway train in the middle of the night.
(d) The cocktail of drugs she's taking.

2. What does Elizabeth call Dr. Ira's office?
(a) High Times.
(b) the Best Place for Drugs and Advice.
(c) Heaven.
(d) the Fifth Avenue Crack House.

3. How does Elizabeth describe her depression when she is at Harvard?
(a) A black wave.
(b) A dying sunflower.
(c) A black cloud.
(d) A black diamond.

4. Where does Elizabeth hang out the entire time she is at summer camp?
(a) The end of the dock.
(b) In the kitchen with the cooks.
(c) The director's office.
(d) The locker room at the pool.

5. After the divorce, who gets full custody of Elizabeth?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her grandmother.

6. Elizabeth's dad disappears at the end of her _______ year.
(a) Junior.
(b) Senior.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Freshman.

7. What is Elizabeth convinced she will have because of taking Prozac?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Heightened sensations.
(c) A lowered sex drive.
(d) Inoperable brain cancer.

8. What is written on the card Elizabeth receives from her friend?
(a) Getting healthy is for the birds.
(b) Give me lithium or give me death!
(c) 500,000 heroin addicts can't be wrong.
(d) Drug use is the best abuse.

9. Where do Elizabeth and her mother cruise to after she and her boyfriend break up?
(a) The Mediterranean.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) The Caribbean.

10. Which college did Elizabeth's mother attend?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Yale.

11. How frequently does Elizabeth hear from her father now?
(a) Never.
(b) Once in awhile.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Every six months.

12. Which book does Elizabeth call a "trippy epic full of Sirens and Lotus-Eaters"?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) The Illiad.
(d) The Jabberwoky.

13. Why does Elizabeth have to leave the party in the beginning?
(a) They run out of alcohol much earlier than expected.
(b) She is called into work unexpectedly.
(c) Her mother needs her at home immediately.
(d) Her cat gets out of the house.

14. Where does Elizabeth go after Ruby catches her?
(a) Straight to the library to hide in a cubicle.
(b) To a hotel room for the night.
(c) Back to New York to see her mother.
(d) The Mental Health facilities at the University Hospital.

15. What is Paris's reaction to Elizabeth rant about what it feels like to be depressed?
(a) She puts her arms around her and hugs her.
(b) She yells that she's crazy and runs away.
(c) She walks away and tells their counselor.
(d) She tells her she's being selfish and ignores her for the rest of the time at camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Elizabeth's move to Harvard ominous?

2. Where do Elizabeth and her mother move to?

3. What book is the quote from?

4. Which concert do Elizabeth and her new boyfriend attend together?

5. Which actress does Elizabeth say she wants to be like?

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