Girl, Interrupted

Multiple Choice

1. A (Chapter 1)

2. B (Chapter 2)

3. B (Chapter 4)

4. D (Chapter 6)

5. B (Chapter 7)

6. B (Chapter 8)

7. D (Chapter 9)

8. A (Chapter 10)

9. C (Chapter 11)

10. A (Chapter 12)

11. A (Chapter 15)

12. D (Chapter 17)

13. A (Chapter 21)

14. D (Chapter 22)

15. C (Chapter 26)

Long Answer

1. Kaysen describes the biases and discrimination that mental patients face when they try to reintegrate into society. She mentions the way people negatively react to her hospitalization and the stigma associated with having lived at McLean. (Chapter 29)

2. Kaysen notes that bipolar personality disorder is more commonly diagnosed in women, which she suggests is the result of a bias in which more women are perceived to have this disorder than men simply because of their gender. (Chapter 32)