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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. What does Betsy call her affected smile that starts at the left corner of her mouth and then spreads slowly across her whole face?
(a) The Duchenne Smile.
(b) Gelontology.
(c) The Paul Newman Catcher.
(d) The Joanna Woodward Special.

2. Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne, a schoolteacher, talk to Mr. Shilling about Lisa Shilling's situation. Why is Mrs. Shilling not present for that conversation?
(a) She was not invited.
(b) She deliberately leaves the house to avoid the discussion.
(c) She was in the hospital recovering from surgery.
(d) The discussion was held at a men's club where women were not allowed.

3. When Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne tell Mr. Shilling that his daughter Lisa is in serious trouble, what is Mr. Shilling's first assumption about Lisa's problem?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she wants to join a new religion.
(c) That she has contracted a serious infectious disease.
(d) That she has been cheating on school work.

4. Why does Lisa Shilling wait until Mr. Goodman is in the room before she deliberately walks through a floor-to-ceiling window?
(a) She wants an adult witness to her action.
(b) She knows that Mr. Goodman is a paramedic.
(c) She wants Mr. Goodman to see her damaging his house.
(d) She is terrified of Mr. Goodman and is trying to get away from him.

5. For what reason does the narrator believes that Mr. Bernstein and the school will not act in Lisa Shilling's best interests?
(a) Because they are afraid of Lisa's parents' social influence.
(b) Because they enjoy watching students suffer.
(c) Because they don't believe Lisa has a problem.
(d) Because they believe Betsy Goodman is telling lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Shilling arrived at the Goodman house just after Lisa Shilling's accident and saw a broken window, what was her first assumption?

2. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Elizabeth Frazer deliberately provkes Lisa Shilling. Why does she do this?

3. By the end of the school year, which major character is the least optimistic about Lisa Shilling's chances for recovery?

4. Which major character is described as "a tall, blonde girl who seemed contained from within by taut wires strung from shoulder to shoulder, from head to hip. Self-contained and beautiful and distant, and suddenly mysterious" (pp. 59-60)?

5. What does Betsy Goodman conclude in the definition of madness?

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