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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10 (Pages 33 - 60).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...
(a) Married.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A doctor.

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

3. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...
(a) She can't pass her English class.
(b) She's has nightmares constantly.
(c) She hears voices talking in her head.
(d) She can't stop thinking about Paul Newman.

4. Why does Lisa wait until her friend is present to talk about a serious medical condition with her parents?
(a) The medical condition was caused by her friend.
(b) She wants her friend to pay for the treatment.
(c) She hopes that her friend will act as a witness.
(d) The medical condition is about her friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...

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

3. While Mary Nell Fickett talks to Mrs. Shilling about Lisa Shilling, Betsy Goodman talks to whom?

4. Which character is described by the narrator as looking "like Shelley Winters playing a roadhouse pick-up...stretch-pants two sizes too small, preshrunk sweaters with classic midriff bulge, a fur coat slung over her shoulders, and a scarf hiding the curlers in her hair" (p. 29)?

5. Elizabeth Frazer agrees to try to help Lisa Shilling...

(see the answer key)

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