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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. After Lisa Shilling's first public outburst of irrational behavior amidst a group of friends occurred, Mary Nell Fickett apologized by saying...
(a) It was Lisa's menstrual cycle..
(b) Betsy and Lisa had been using psychedelic drugs.
(c) That Lisa had just broken up with her boyfriend.
(d) She and Lisa were stressed about school

2. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...
(a) Asking how they think they can help.
(b) Telling them they are out of line.
(c) Attacking them with a knife.
(d) Denying anything is wrong.

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

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

5. Lisa sarcastically says she admires a particular books titled...
(a) Moby Dick by Melville.
(b) Principles of Abnormal Psychology by Maslow and Mittelmann.
(c) Lisa, Bright and Dark by Neufeld.
(d) The Voyeur by Robbe-Grillet (translated by Howard).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mary Nell Fickett's approach to helping Lisa Shilling initially consists of...

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

4. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, her parents performed what action?

5. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?

(see the answer key)

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