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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ruby chasing Elizabeth with?
(a) A fake sword.
(b) An unloaded gun.
(c) A stereo system.
(d) An unsheathed pocketknife.

2. What does Elizabeth's mother attribute her recent changes to?
(a) Her father leaving.
(b) Menstrual blood.
(c) Her new sibling.
(d) Her mother's new marriage.

3. Which one of these drugs is not part of Elizabeth's usual cocktail to fight depression?
(a) Ambien.
(b) desipramine.
(c) lithium.
(d) Prozac.

4. What floor does Elizabeth live on in her Harvard dorm room?
(a) The tenth floor.
(b) The first floor.
(c) The fifth floor.
(d) The sixth floor.

5. How many years does Elizabeth go to summer camp?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what starts to give Elizabeth her first feelings of pleasure in a long time?

2. Which college did Elizabeth's mother attend?

3. Why does Elizabeth think she tried her first overdose?

4. Where do Elizabeth and her mother move to?

5. What does Elizabeth's mom say she wants to do when she finds the pills in the drawer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does physical contact with Abel make Elizabeth feel?

2. What are some of the reasons why the camp director says Elizabeth won't go through with her threat to have a drug overdose while at camp?

3. What prompts Elizabeth to call her father in the first place?

4. What is unusual about her cousin Pamela that she discovers later?

5. What does Elizabeth do instead of go to school each morning?

6. Why does Elizabeth love taking Ecstasy?

7. Describe the guys that Elizabeth and her friends take up with?

8. Describe the mood of Elizabeth and her mother on their way to Harvard.

9. Why does Elizabeth think that how her mother treated her was the perfect solution?

10. What are some of the things that Elizabeth and her father do together before he leaves?

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