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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. As Lisa Shilling's mental condition continues to deteriorate, what are some of the things she does that are disconcerting to Betsy Goodman?
(a) She screams at anyone that touches her and plucks out her eyebrows.
(b) She cries in class, is always late, vanishes frequently, and says things that don't make any sense.
(c) She routinely cuts herself with any available sharp object and often slams her head into school lockers.
(d) She frequently hides insects in her pockets and throws them at people as they walk away from her.

2. 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?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

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

4. 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 belongs to a social club known as the Joiners.
(c) She's using a slang word of the 1960s meaning her mother is not very cool.
(d) Her mother likes to join various organizations.

5. The narrator compares her newly-built school to her old school and notes that both schools have the same...
(a) Color of blackboards.
(b) Style of lockers.
(c) Type of indirect lighting.
(d) Tuna fish sandwiches every Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the teachers at Lisa Shilling's school agree to "help" (p. 90) Lisa?

2. As Mary Nell Fickett's confidence sinks, what happens to Betsy Goodman?

3. Why does Lisa Shilling wait until Mr. Goodman is in the room before she deliberately walks through a floor-to-ceiling window?

4. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...

5. After Lisa Shilling's first public outburst of irrational behavior amidst a group of friends occurred, Mary Nell Fickett apologized by saying...

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