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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. Where does Elizabeth go after Ruby catches her?

2. What is the name of Elizabeth's new boyfriend after her father leaves?

3. Elizabeth's dad disappears at the end of her _______ year.

4. What does Elizabeth call Dr. Ira's office?

5. How does Elizabeth describe her depression?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elizabeth feel when she gets on the phone with her father and what do they argue about?

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

3. What does Elizabeth consider her father's first and last act of paternal authority?

4. What is Graves' disease?

5. Why does Zachary break up with Elizabeth?

6. Why do Elizabeth and Jethro decide to take some cocaine?

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

8. 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?

9. What phrase does Elizabeth would say would have described her perfectly before she "cracked up?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Elizabeth's diagnosis as having atypical depresion. Review her diagnosis against her actions in the book. Name three specific examples that explain her behavior in relation to her mental illness.

Essay Topic 2

Secondary characters play a large role in Elizabeth's life at various times. Choose at least 5 different secondary characters and explain their significance at crucial moments in Elizabeth's life. What would have changed for Elizabeth if they had not been there? Were they positive influences or negative ones? Do you think they understood how sick Elizabeth truly was with depression at the time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Elizabeth after the Prozac kicks in. What are her moods like? What is so conscious of all the time?

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