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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. The school guidance counselor's name is...
(a) Jeremy Bernstein.
(b) Brian Morris.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Paul Newman.

2. 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.

3. The narrator of the novel is...
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

4. 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.

5. 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?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Betsy Goodman states that she is...

2. Which character's father is a minister?

3. Which character is described by the narrator as trying "to hard to be clever, too hard to be quick, too hard at everything except at being himself" (pp. 28-29)?

4. The novel is set in what U.S. State?

5. Before moving to Long Island, Mary Nell Fickett lived in what U.S. State?

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