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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10 (Pages 33 - 60).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?
(a) Shilling.
(b) Fickett.
(c) Frazer.
(d) Goodman.

2. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman compile a list of psychological conditions including paranoia, schizophrenia, split-personality, and paranoia. To whom do they think this list applies?
(a) Jeremy Bernstein.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Brian Morris.

3. Lisa sarcastically says she admires a particular books titled...
(a) Principles of Abnormal Psychology by Maslow and Mittelmann.
(b) Moby Dick by Melville.
(c) Lisa, Bright and Dark by Neufeld.
(d) The Voyeur by Robbe-Grillet (translated by Howard).

4. After spending a few hours researching various topics in psychology and mental illness, Betsy Goodman is confused and decides to...
(a) Stop being friends with Lisa Shilling and start going out with Brian Morris.
(b) Ignore the medical literature and come up with her own diagnosis.
(c) Ignore the situation and just by Lisa Shilling's friend.
(d) Ask Mr. Bernstein what he thinks might be wrong with Lisa Shilling.

5. According to the narrator, Jeremy Bernstein's primary job function is...
(a) Parking cars at the country club that Mr. Shilling frequents.
(b) Trying to help drug addicts stop abusing drugs.
(c) Helping graduating students pick three colleges to receive their transcripts.
(d) Making sure that students attend their courses and arrive to school on time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary Nell Fickett explains how she intends to help Lisa Shilling--she refers to the process as...

2. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...

3. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, her parents performed what action?

4. Where do Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Lisa Shilling first meet for an impromptu group therapy session?

5. The narrator states that Lisa Shilling's oldest friend is...

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