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

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

3. 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)?
(a) Mrs. Goodman.
(b) Mrs. Fickett..
(c) Mrs. Frazer.
(d) Mrs. Shilling.

4. Whom does the narrator describe as being enthusiastic but not very practical?
(a) Mr. Shilling.
(b) Rev. Fickett.
(c) Mr. Frazer.
(d) Mr. Bernstein.

5. The novel is set in what U.S. State?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Georgia.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman initially turn to what source of information to research mental illness?

2. When Lisa Shilling first tells her father that she thinks she might be going crazy, he tells her...

3. How does Lisa Shilling react when Brian Morris breaks up with her?

4. Betsy Goodman is most-fascinated with which actor/actress?

5. The first story that Betsy Goodman heard about Lisa Shilling's strange behavior happened on...

(see the answer key)

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