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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. In what year did Lori first fall in love at camp?

2. During the summer of what year did Lori's family drive across country?

3. What problems did Lori find herself facing after leaving the hospital?

4. What hospital did Lori's parents meet her at March of 1985?

5. In Chapter 8, "Nancy Schiller, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York, August 1982 - September 1982", where is Lori "on a locked ward" at?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lori believe that camp was the "most wonderful place in the world"?

2. What did Marvin Schiller learn from the late night phone call, in March of 1982, from Lori Winters?

3. What did Lori do on a whim while in college?

4. What "sales pitch" did Nancy Schiller believe would be the hardest one she ever had to make?

5. Describe Lori's Voices at the beginning of college.

6. According to Chapter 12, why did Lori state that she always listened to music?

7. While at college, why did Lori state that she began to grow "increasingly tense and nervous"?

8. In Chapter 11, what were the two reasons that Lori was glad to be home?

9. Why did Lori Schiller and Lori Winters believe that the McAlpin Hotel was the "ideal place for two recently graduated college girls"?

10. Why did Lori WInters stated that at one point she began to think of getting married even though she did not love the man she was dating?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Control was a main theme of the text. Find three examples where the theme of control was highlighted and explain why this example was centered around control.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one activity that the staff taught Lori in order to "teach you [her] ways to feel the storm before it arrives.". Why do you believe this activity worked? Did not work? What was the importance of understanding the onslaught of an outburst? How did this help Lori?

Essay Topic 3

Lori was required to submit to many different treatments. Which of the treatments do you believe was the best for her? Explain in full detail why. (Use other treatments' shortcomings to support your belief.

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