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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. Mary Nell Fickett explains how she intends to help Lisa Shilling--she refers to the process as...
(a) Psychoanalyze.
(b) Therapy-ize.
(c) Mesmerize.
(d) Hypnotize.

2. After Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Elizabeth Frazer feel they have not been able to help Lisa Shilling, what does Mrs. Goodman advise them to do?
(a) To keep trying.
(b) To forget about Lisa and focus on school.
(c) To try to find someone else who needs help.
(d) To forget about Lisa and have fun.

3. Which major character enters an emotionless "precatatonic stage...with neither the desire to live or speak normally" (p. 109)?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

4. Of the four major characters in the novel, which one eventually becomes the decision-maker of the group?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

5. During one group therapy session Lisa Shilling teases Mary Nell Fickett by making up a recurring dream. What is the dream that Lisa makes up?
(a) She dreams she was born in California.
(b) She dreams she's married to Paul Newman.
(c) She dreams of many snakes crawling into a hole.
(d) She dreams of Brian Morris dating Mary Nell.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do the teachers at Lisa Shilling's school agree to "help" (p. 90) Lisa?

4. As Mary Nell Fickett becomes more self-educated about psychology, what irritating behavior does she start to exhibit?

5. How extensive are Lisa Shilling's physical wounds after she walks through a floor-to-ceiling window?

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