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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 Elizabeth immediately think when she wakes up in blood.

2. What is the only way Elizabeth sleeps after leaving Rafe each weekend?

3. How does Elizabeth describe her life in Cambridge?

4. What reruns does Elizabeth watch late at night?

5. What does Elizabeth really want her friends to bring her while at Stillman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elizabeth's mother think Elizabeth should do to get better? What does Dr. Sterling suggest instead and why?

2. What happens as soon as Elizabeth lands in Gatwick?

3. What does Elizabeth believe one of the terrible fallacies of contemporary psychotherapy is?

4. Why does Dr. Sterling give Elizabeth Mellaril, the antipsychotic known to help schizophrenics?

5. What does Barnaby expect because he shows her around town and picks her up from the airport?

6. Why does Elizabeth say she carries a lot of stuff with her at all times?

7. Why does Dr. Sterling give Elizabeth Xanax instead of an antidepressant, which she believes is more appropriate for her issues?

8. What does Dr. Sterling think that Elizabeth must continue to do while at Stillman Infirmary?

9. How do Manuel and Elizabeth finally get together?

10. How do the doctors react when Elizabeth is brought into the hospital covered in blood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elizabeth begins to take Prozac but has a great deal of trouble with it at first. Why is this and how does having enough energy relate to her problems at this time?

Essay Topic 2

Elizabeth and her mother have a conversation after Elizabeth returns home to take care of her mother after she is attacked. What is the conversation about and what do you think its impact is for Elizabeth?

Essay Topic 3

Elizabeth's writing style in the book is unusual. She will jump from a standard font to an italicized one. What impact does this have for the reader? Does it change the tone of the novel? Why or why not? What contribution does it make for the overall story? Does it encourage the reader to relate more to Elizabeth or feel more disconnected from her? Use specific examples from the novel to support your statements.

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