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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 20 (Pages 97 - 130).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lisa Shilling accuse of trying to steal Brian Morris away from her?
(a) Tracy Shilling.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

2. Which character is described by the narrator as trying "to hard to be clever, too hard to be quick, too hard at everything except at being himself" (pp. 28-29)?
(a) Dr. Donovan.
(b) Mr. Milne
(c) Mr. Shilling.
(d) Mr. Bernstein..

3. Who first decides to try and help Lisa Shilling?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Tracy Shilling.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

4. Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett try to diagnose Lisa Shilling by watching Elizabeth Taylor's performance in which movie?
(a) Three Faces of Eve.
(b) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
(c) Raintree Country.
(d) Cleopatra.

5. Which major character does Mrs. Shilling address as "'some sixteen-year-old bitch-to-be'" (p. 116)?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Nell Fickett do as she continues to participate in group therapy sessions with Lisa Shilling?

2. Which character is described by the narrator as looking "like Shelley Winters playing a roadhouse pick-up...stretch-pants two sizes too small, preshrunk sweaters with classic midriff bulge, a fur coat slung over her shoulders, and a scarf hiding the curlers in her hair" (p. 29)?

3. Why does Mary Nell Fickett tell Betsy Goodman that she is furious with Elizabeth Frazer?

4. As Mrs. Shilling begins to realize that perhaps her daughter Lisa really is suffering from mental illness, what is one of her first responses?

5. Betsy Goodman asks Jeremy Bernstein about Lisa Shilling's mental illness. Bernstein responds by...

(see the answer key)

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