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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15 (Pages 60 - 96).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which major character always eats fattening foods like mayonnaise but still has a slim figure?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

2. According to the narrator, Jeremy Bernstein's primary job function is...
(a) Parking cars at the country club that Mr. Shilling frequents.
(b) Helping graduating students pick three colleges to receive their transcripts.
(c) Trying to help drug addicts stop abusing drugs.
(d) Making sure that students attend their courses and arrive to school on time.

3. Which character is described by the narrator as a "quiet, distinguished-looking man about sixty who has real style...[he] can talk with you and make you feel instantly at home" (p. 30)?
(a) Mr. Frazer.
(b) Mr. Bernstein.
(c) Mr. Shilling.
(d) Rev. Fickett.

4. 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 Elizabeth refuses to take charge of the situation.
(c) Because Mary Nell is no longer in charge of the situation.
(d) Because Elizabeth is better looking than Mary Nell.

5. Betsy Goodman asks Jeremy Bernstein about Lisa Shilling's mental illness. Bernstein responds by...
(a) Telling Betsy to focus on her schoolwork and leave Lisa alone.
(b) Saying Betsy won't be able to help but offering to lend Betsy some books.
(c) Suggesting Betsy is doing more harm than good.
(d) Saying he will take over Lisa's therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?

2. During some group therapy sessions Mary Nell Fickett encourages Lisa Shilling to "free-associate" (p. 83). What does Mary Nell mean by this term?

3. Elizabeth Frazer tells Lisa Shilling that if she wants "'to play at sympathy and roses'" (p. 71) she should do what?

4. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, her parents performed what action?

5. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?

(see the answer key)

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