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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. How does Elizabeth's mother see Oliver North?

3. Where does Elizabeth cut herself during lunch?

4. What disease does Elizabeth fear the lithium will give her?

5. What is the name of Elizabeth's cousin who she will later learn has the same kind of mental illness?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Elizabeth dream after her father disappears?

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

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

5. What does Elizabeth finally become resigned to?

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

7. How does Elizabeth feel while describing her family situation to therapists in relation to her depression?

8. Why does Elizabeth love taking Ecstasy?

9. How does Elizabeth compensate for her parents' constant arguing?

10. How does Elizabeth end up on the bathroom floor covered in black chiffon sobbing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elizabeth realizes she has fallen in love with her depression. Explain this statement, including why she needs her depression so much at this point in her life.

Essay Topic 2

Elizabeth attributes the fact that she is alive thanks to Dr. Sterling's determination and dedication of allowing her to stay in the Stillman Infirmary rather than be fully committed at the McLean Institution. What does Dr. Sterling do to help Elizabeth throughout her recovery process? Why does Elizabeth believe staying at Stillman helped to save her life?

Essay Topic 3

Elizabeth fixates on her Space, Time and Motion papers. What do these papers suddenly symbolize for Elizabeth? Why is it ironic that the class is called Space, Time and Motion? Why do you think she fixates on this class?

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