Part 1, Chapters 17-21 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 17, Annie was surprised when Mary Louise announced early one morning that she had a letter for her. When Annie saw the return address listed the name of Dr. Michael Connelly and Associates, she panicked. Annie was surprised when Mary Louise told her the doctors in that groups enjoyed her test reports. She had been performing psychiatric tests on children at Glenwood as well as seeing some children in therapy. Annie wrote that she took care in writing up the test results because she knew these results could affect the remainder of the child's life. Although Annie wrote that she did make suggestions in her reports, she also tried to give alternate explanations for a child's test scores. For instance, if the child appeared stressed or unfocused during testing, she would note this in her report...