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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 does Mrs. Shilling respond when Mary Nell Fickett tries to tell her that Lisa Shilling has a mental illness that needs treatment?
(a) She refuses to listen and tells Mary Nell to go away.
(b) She immediately calls a mental hospital.
(c) She slaps Mary Nell and calls the police.
(d) She laughs and says she already knows.

2. 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 friends for causing the mental illness.
(b) She runs away from her family.
(c) She starts to use psychedelic drugs.
(d) She blames Lisa's father for causing the mental illness.

3. What does Mary Nell Fickett do as she continues to participate in group therapy sessions with Lisa Shilling?
(a) She thinks that Lisa is faking her mental illness.
(b) She reads many books on mental illness.
(c) She secretly dates Brian Morris.
(d) She begins to use hallucinogenic drugs.

4. The narrator of the novel is...
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

5. Which major character says "'No matter what you decide to do, I won't be able to help you very much'" (p. 48)?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of Betsy Goodman's father ?

2. According to the narrator, Jeremy Bernstein's primary job function is...

3. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?

4. Lisa Shilling's little sister Tracy, twelve years old, believes something is wrong with Lisa. What symptoms does she disclose to Mary Nell Fickett?

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

(see the answer key)

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