Chapter 5, Part 2, pp. 88-113 Summary

One day, the horror that is her life comes crashing down on Mazie, and she is unable to shut it out. Everywhere she looks, she sees pain, and her mind swims as she tries to make sense of the terrible sensations all around her. She begins to hallucinate, connecting all the bad things she now sees with the terror of being picked up by Sheen McEvoy, and her fear of his burnt-up face. Mazie gives her mother her report card, which is filled with "F's." Anna barely even notices. Mazie does her best to help out and get supper ready for the family.

Anna gets further and further from reality, and she is very sick not just mentally, but physically too. She passes many hours sitting senseless in a chair, often falling asleep sitting up, and it...