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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. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?
(a) Brian Morris.
(b) Paul Newman.
(c) Neil Donovan.
(d) Ben Goodman.

2. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?
(a) Shilling.
(b) Fickett.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Frazer.

3. During some group therapy sessions Mary Nell Fickett encourages Lisa Shilling to "free-associate" (p. 83). What does Mary Nell mean by this term?
(a) She wants to stop charging her patient for psychological services.
(b) To start talking about whatever comes to mind.
(c) She wants Lisa to start being friends with other people.
(d) To talk about international trade relations.

4. 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 to speak with big words that nobody else understands.
(c) She starts arguing with everyone all the time.
(d) She begins to diagnose everyone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first person to suspect that perhaps Lisa Shilling did have a mental illness was...

3. Who does Lisa Shilling accuse of trying to steal Brian Morris away from her?

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

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

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