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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 is Aviv eventually diagnosed with in Part I?

2. Who is Bapu's husband?

3. What does Bapu stop dressing her hair with?

4. Who is Ray's second wife?

5. What caste is Bapu's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who advocates for evidence-based medicine and why?

2. What does Aviv's mother propose they do together when Aviv is a teenager?

3. What happens once Ray starts taking antidepressants?

4. What is the outcome of Ray's lawsuit against the Lodge?

5. What does Ray Osheroff do for a living?

6. Why does Ray sue the Lodge eventually?

7. When Bapu first arrived in Kilpauk Mental Hospital, what drug was often used to treat schizophrenia?

8. What does Aviv think of Hava as a young child?

9. What kind of trouble did Ray find himself in at the end of his life?

10. Where does Ray first go for mental health treatment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Aviv spends significant time exploring how Bapu's extended family react to her mental health crises? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What doubts and expectations does Aviv develop around her own medication regimen to treat her depression at the end of the book, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

As an adult, how does Aviv come to view her time in treatment for anorexia when she was a very young child? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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