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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. Who first decides to try and help Lisa Shilling?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Tracy Shilling.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

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 tells her she probably won't be able to help but offers to get involved.
(c) He tells her she is doing more harm than good.
(d) He offers to call the police about Lisa's situation.

3. The narrator states that Mr. Shilling's primary motivation is...
(a) Power.
(b) Money.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Knowledge.

4. Which major character has frequent visual and audible hallucinations?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

5. Lisa Shilling disappears while she is at Betsy Goodman's house waiting for Mary Nell Fickett and Elizabeth Frazer to arrive. Where does Lisa go?
(a) She wanders into the street and is hit by a car.
(b) She hides in a closet for a long time.
(c) She goes home.
(d) She tries to drown herself in a river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa Shilling says a specific thing in the movie Raintree Country makes her "'a little nervous'" (p. 70). What is that thing?

2. Which character is the youngest major character of the novel?

3. Which character's father maintains a large personal library with valuable reference books?

4. Which character begins the novel with a goal to be the first woman justice on the Supreme Court and ends the novel contemplating a career in psychology?

5. Who emotionally begs Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne to do more to convince Lisa Shilling's father that Lisa needs immediate mental health care?

(see the answer key)

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