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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 20 (Pages 97 - 130).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How extensive are Lisa Shilling's physical wounds after she walks through a floor-to-ceiling window?
(a) Her heavy winter coat protected her almost completely from any wounds.
(b) Her right hand is severed and she also has numerous minor wounds.
(c) Her head and leg are cut but they are not severe wounds.
(d) Her wounds prove fatal.
2. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...
(a) Trying to shield their children from unpleasant things.
(b) Afraid to admit they have failed.
(c) Unable to comprehend the truth.
(d) Evil and don't want to let anyone know the truth.
3. Elizabeth Frazer agrees to try to help Lisa Shilling only after...
(a) Mr. Shilling agrees to pay her [Elizabeth] and Betsy Goodman.
(b) Lisa Shilling tries to kill herself.
(c) She [Elizabeth] fails her English midterm.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman demonstrate their determination.
4. Mary Nell Fickett explains how she intends to help Lisa Shilling--she refers to the process as...
(a) Mesmerize.
(b) Therapy-ize.
(c) Psychoanalyze.
(d) Hypnotize.
5. 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. Shilling.
(c) Mrs. Frazer.
(d) Mrs. Fickett..
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lisa Shilling hope to accomplish by walking deliberately through a floor-to-ceiling window?
2. Betsy Goodman wants Lisa Shilling to teach her how to do what strange behavior?
3. During one group therapy session Lisa Shilling teases Mary Nell Fickett by making up a recurring dream. What is the dream that Lisa makes up?
4. Betsy Goodman states that she is...
5. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman initially turn to what source of information to research mental illness?
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