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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 character is the youngest major character of the novel?
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

2. When Lisa Shilling first tells her father that she thinks she might be going crazy, he tells her...
(a) That she should visit with a psychiatrist.
(b) That she's seen too many movies.
(c) That she should drink more coffee.
(d) That Shillings don't go crazy.

3. Lisa Shilling says a specific thing in the movie Raintree Country makes her "'a little nervous'" (p. 70). What is that thing?
(a) The strobe-like lighting.
(b) The way the movie has been colorized from the original black and white.
(c) The scene in the insane asylum.
(d) The mental illness of the character portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor.

4. The first person that Mary Nell Fickett confided in about Lisa Shilling's possible mental illness was...
(a) Neil Donovan.
(b) Mrs. Shilling.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

5. As Mary Nell Fickett becomes more self-educated about psychology, what irritating behavior does she start to exhibit?
(a) She develops a facial tic.
(b) She starts arguing with everyone all the time.
(c) She starts to speak with big words that nobody else understands.
(d) She begins to diagnose everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?

2. Which major character says "'You're right about Lisa. You can't even begin to imagine how sick she is. But if you're going to sign up here, you have to expect a lot of rough play'" (p. 58)?

3. Why does Brian Morris break up his relationship with Lisa Shilling?

4. Why does Mr. Shilling reject Rev. Fickett's and Mr. Milne's assertion that Lisa Shilling is suffering from serious mental illness?

5. Which major character is described as "a tall, blonde girl who seemed contained from within by taut wires strung from shoulder to shoulder, from head to hip. Self-contained and beautiful and distant, and suddenly mysterious" (pp. 59-60)?

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