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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. Betsy Goodman wants Lisa Shilling to teach her how to do what strange behavior?
(a) Fall asleep with her eyes open.
(b) Talk in gibberish.
(c) Dress in all black.
(d) Talk with an English accent.

2. 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.

3. After spending a few hours researching various topics in psychology and mental illness, Betsy Goodman is confused and decides to...
(a) Ignore the situation and just by Lisa Shilling's friend.
(b) Ignore the medical literature and come up with her own diagnosis.
(c) Stop being friends with Lisa Shilling and start going out with Brian Morris.
(d) Ask Mr. Bernstein what he thinks might be wrong with Lisa Shilling.

4. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, Jeremy Bernstein diagnoses Lisa's condition as...
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Tension.
(d) Psychosis.

5. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...
(a) A blind spot.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) Selective inattention.
(d) Living in your own world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just after Brian Morris breaks up with her, Lisa Shilling begins to befriend which major character?

2. After Lisa Shilling berates Mary Nell Fickett for quite some time, what does she do?

3. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?

4. Why does Mary Nell Fickett tell Betsy Goodman that she is furious with Elizabeth Frazer?

5. The narrator describes Jeremy Bernstein as being shaped like what letter of the alphabet?

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