1. Lisa Shilling tells her friends that she is always tired. Why is she always tired?
(a) Because she sneaks out at night to visit her boyfriend Brian Morris.
(b) Because her father makes her clean house for several hours every night.
(c) Because when she tries to sleep she hears many voices talking to her.
(d) Because she likes to stay up late watching television.

2. Mary Nell Fickett's approach to helping Lisa Shilling initially consists of...
(a) Trying to hypnotize Lisa.
(b) Paying for Lisa to receive electro-shock therapy.
(c) Trying to match Lisa's symptoms to a psychological diagnosis.
(d) Using Rorschach ink blot analysis techniques.

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

4. Which major character always eats fattening foods like mayonnaise but still has a slim figure?
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

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) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman has something that Elizabeth and Mary Nell Fickett don't have. What are the three traits that Elizabeth enumerates?

2. Of whom does Lisa Shilling say "'You are quite the most rotten, sneaky, conniving little person I've ever known'" (p. 73)?

3. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?

4. Which major character has frequent visual and audible hallucinations?

5. Mary Nell Fickett explains how she intends to help Lisa Shilling--she refers to the process as...

(see the answer key)

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