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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. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?
(a) Fickett.
(b) Frazer.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Shilling.
2. According to the narrator, which major character seems to contribute the most meaningful comments during group therapy sessions?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Tracy Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.
3. Mr. Shilling meets with Rev. Fickett, Mr. Milne, and his daughter, and rejects their claim that Lisa Shilling is suffering from mental illness. What does Mr. Shilling do after the meeting ends?
(a) He starts drinking heavily.
(b) He leaves town on a business trip.
(c) He takes Lisa to the hospital.
(d) He roughs up his wife and daughters.
4. Lisa Shilling's only sibling is..
(a) Elizabeth, an older sister.
(b) Ben, a younger brother.
(c) Tracy, a younger sister.
(d) Brian, an older brother.
5. As Mrs. Shilling begins to realize that perhaps her daughter Lisa really is suffering from mental illness, what is one of her first responses?
(a) She blames Lisa's father for causing the mental illness.
(b) She runs away from her family.
(c) She starts to use psychedelic drugs.
(d) She blames Lisa's friends for causing the mental illness.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Mary Nell Fickett's confidence sinks, what happens to Betsy Goodman?
2. By the end of the school year, when Betsy Goodman or Elizabeth Frazer asks Lisa Shilling a question, how does Lisa usually respond?
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)?
4. The narrator describes Jeremy Bernstein as being shaped like what letter of the alphabet?
5. After spending a few hours researching various topics in psychology and mental illness, Betsy Goodman is confused and decides to...
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