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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. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?
(a) Her mother constructs articles by joining pieces of wood.
(b) Her mother likes to join various organizations.
(c) She's using a slang word of the 1960s meaning her mother is not very cool.
(d) Her mother belongs to a social club known as the Joiners.

2. After Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Elizabeth Frazer feel they have not been able to help Lisa Shilling, what does Mrs. Goodman advise them to do?
(a) To forget about Lisa and have fun.
(b) To forget about Lisa and focus on school.
(c) To keep trying.
(d) To try to find someone else who needs help.

3. Mary Nell Fickett says that Lisa Shilling's behavior is "ridiculous...[for]...two reasons" (p. 67). What are the two reasons?
(a) Lisa asked for help with her homework, and Lisa expected Mary Nell to cheat on an examination.
(b) Lisa asked for help but then refused it, and Lisa asked Elizabeth Frazer for help.
(c) Lisa asked for help then left, and Lisa asked Betsy Goodman for help.
(d) Lisa asked to pay for help, and Lisa got mad when Mary Nell wouldn't accept payment.

4. 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) To talk about international trade relations.
(b) She wants Lisa to start being friends with other people.
(c) She wants to stop charging her patient for psychological services.
(d) To start talking about whatever comes to mind.

5. Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett try to diagnose Lisa Shilling by watching Elizabeth Taylor's performance in which movie?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Three Faces of Eve.
(c) Raintree Country.
(d) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the favorite topic of conversation when Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, Elizabeth Frazer, and Lisa Shilling just sit around and chat?

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

4. The first story that Betsy Goodman heard about Lisa Shilling's strange behavior happened on...

5. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. What does Lisa tell her parents during this conversation?

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