The Bell Jar

In Plath's story the Bell Jar, we have a main hero Esther that goes through a series of tests while at the asylum. One test was when she lost her virginity to Irwin and found out that she bleeds excessively every time they have sex. So she ended up having to go the emergency room to get help. After finishing her first test she faces another one when she realizes her friend Joan committed suicide, and must attend her funeral as one of her best friends. Near the end, one of her final tests is when she must go through a series of interviews and prove she is not crazy in order to leave the asylum.