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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. With only three weeks left in the school year, what does Mr. Bernstein hope for?
(a) That he will win the lottery before he loses his job.
(b) That Betsy Goodman will pass her classes and graduate.
(c) That Rev. Fickett will let him join another church.
(d) That Lisa Shilling will complete school and become someone else's problem.

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 deliberately leaves the house to avoid the discussion.
(b) She was in the hospital recovering from surgery.
(c) She was not invited.
(d) The discussion was held at a men's club where women were not allowed.

3. What does Elizabeth Frazer believe must happen before Mr. and Mrs. Shilling will obtain professional help for Lisa Shilling?
(a) Lisa must have one of her serious episodes at home in front of them.
(b) Lisa will have to run away from home.
(c) Lisa will have to attempt to murder her little sister.
(d) Lisa will have to ask them for help.

4. According to the narrator, which major character seems to contribute the most meaningful comments during group therapy sessions?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Tracy Shilling.

5. What epiphany does Betsy Goodman have immediately after Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer?
(a) That Elizabeth previously had suffered from mental illness.
(b) That Mary Nell Fickett is very bossy.
(c) That Elizabeth secretly has been dating Brian Morris.
(d) That Lisa is mentally ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Lisa Shilling say "'You are quite the most rotten, sneaky, conniving little person I've ever known'" (p. 73)?

2. Who first decides to try and help Lisa Shilling?

3. Betsy Goodman wants Lisa Shilling to teach her how to do what strange behavior?

4. Which major character does Mrs. Shilling address as "'some sixteen-year-old bitch-to-be'" (p. 116)?

5. What does Lisa Shilling hope to accomplish by walking deliberately through a floor-to-ceiling window?

(see the answer key)

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