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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. Why does Mary Nell Fickett tell Betsy Goodman that she is furious with Elizabeth Frazer?
(a) Because Elizabeth is smarter than Mary Nell.
(b) Because Mary Nell is no longer in charge of the situation.
(c) Because Elizabeth refuses to take charge of the situation.
(d) Because Elizabeth is better looking than Mary Nell.
2. When Mary Nell Fickett talks to her father about Lisa Shilling, how does her father respond?
(a) He tells her she probably won't be able to help and refuses to get involved.
(b) He offers to call the police about Lisa's situation.
(c) He tells her she is doing more harm than good.
(d) He tells her she probably won't be able to help but offers to get involved.
3. Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman, and Mary Nell Fickett's intense and initial conversation about diagnosing Lisa Shilling is interrupted when...
(a) Lisa arrives at the schoolyard.
(b) Lisa knocks on the closet door from the inside.
(c) Elizabeth slaps Mary Nell.
(d) Mary Nell runs out of the room in tears.
4. Mary Nell Fickett states Lisa Shilling's diagnosis is "'a paranoid or a schizophrenic, and maybe both together'" (p. 68). Elizabeth Frazer disagrees and states Lisa's diagnosis is...
(a) Agoraphobic distemper.
(b) Nymphomania.
(c) Psychotic personality.
(d) Anorexia nervosa.
5. Elizabeth Frazer agrees to try to help Lisa Shilling only after...
(a) Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman demonstrate their determination.
(b) Mr. Shilling agrees to pay her [Elizabeth] and Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling tries to kill herself.
(d) She [Elizabeth] fails her English midterm.
Short Answer Questions
1. As the group therapy sessions continue, why does Mary Nell Fickett lose confidence?
2. Lisa Shilling has her friends promise that they will do something if she becomes violent. What do they promise to do?
3. Which character is described by the narrator as trying "to hard to be clever, too hard to be quick, too hard at everything except at being himself" (pp. 28-29)?
4. During one early group therapy session, why does Mary Nell Fickett get angry with Elizabeth Frazer?
5. Mary Nell Fickett's approach to helping Lisa Shilling initially consists of...
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