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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 problem does Bhargavi's baby have?

2. What is a significant day in Naomi's life?

3. Who spends several days reading Bapu's journals?

4. How much does Laura pay for her own copy of the DSM?

5. Who does Naomi write a letter to while in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one reason Naomi and her siblings and mother move a lot when she is young?

2. Why does Naomi run into trouble with employment after her release from prison?

3. What is Naomi Gaines looking for, according to Aviv, when the reader meets her?

4. How does Aviv describe Florida, Naomi's mother?

5. What do people eventually begin to think of Bapu in the last years of her life?

6. What topic is Naomi very passionate about?

7. Why does Florida weep when recounting her education?

8. What does Laura feel for the first time in a very long time following her suicide attempt?

9. What does Karthik eventually build a career around?

10. What does Laura Delano think of herself when Aviv first introduces her in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What particular social and cultural ills was Naomi concerned with most when she had her breakdown and jumped from the bridge in 2003? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Aviv describe the various treatments and medications that Bapu was put on/given by her doctors? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Aviv convey the magnitude of Osheroff's lawsuit for the future of mental health treatment to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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