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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. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman compile a list of psychological conditions including paranoia, schizophrenia, split-personality, and paranoia. To whom do they think this list applies?
(a) Brian Morris.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Jeremy Bernstein.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

2. When Lisa Shilling first tells her father that she thinks she might be going crazy, he tells her...
(a) That Shillings don't go crazy.
(b) That she should visit with a psychiatrist.
(c) That she's seen too many movies.
(d) That she should drink more coffee.

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

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

5. Which character is described by the narrator as trying "to hard to be clever, too hard to be quick, too hard at everything except at being himself" (pp. 28-29)?
(a) Mr. Bernstein..
(b) Mr. Shilling.
(c) Dr. Donovan.
(d) Mr. Milne

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer how does she [Lisa] behave?

2. As the group therapy sessions continue, why does Mary Nell Fickett lose confidence?

3. Which major character suggests that Elizabeth Frazer should join Lisa Shilling's impromptu group therapy sessions?

4. As Mary Nell Fickett becomes more self-educated about psychology, what irritating behavior does she start to exhibit?

5. How does Lisa Shilling react when Brian Morris breaks up with her?

(see the answer key)

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