1. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, her parents performed what action?
(a) They filed a lawsuit against the school.
(b) They sent Lisa alone to Florida for six weeks.
(c) They filed a restraining order against Brian Morris.
(d) They incarcerated Lisa in a mental institution.

2. Elizabeth Frazer tells Lisa Shilling that if she wants "'to play at sympathy and roses'" (p. 71) she should do what?
(a) Hire someone.
(b) Ask her little sister.
(c) Show up for the group therapy sessions.
(d) Stop wearing dark clothing and acting strange.

3. The narrator describes Jeremy Bernstein as being shaped like what letter of the alphabet?
(a) L.
(b) C.
(c) J.
(d) O.

4. Mr. Bernstein says he entirely can't act in Lisa Shilling's best interests because he must do what?
(a) Consider also the best interests of other students.
(b) Follow school district policy regarding mentally ill patients.
(c) Make sure he receives his retirement checks.
(d) Respect HIPAA privacy laws.

5. The first person to suspect that perhaps Lisa Shilling did have a mental illness was...
(a) Mrs. Shilling.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Mr. Shilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which major character is described as "a tall, blonde girl who seemed contained from within by taut wires strung from shoulder to shoulder, from head to hip. Self-contained and beautiful and distant, and suddenly mysterious" (pp. 59-60)?

2. When Mary Nell Fickett talks to her father about Lisa Shilling, how does her father respond?

3. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...

4. Lisa Shilling sometimes speaks with what kind of an affected accent?

5. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Lisa Shilling physically attacks which major character?

(see the answer key)

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