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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lisa Shilling spends her six-week vacation in Florida doing what?
(a) Canoeing through the Everglades.
(b) Babysitting her older sister's two children.
(c) Goofing off at Disneyworld.
(d) Staring at the ocean.

2. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman initially turn to what source of information to research mental illness?
(a) The dictionary.
(b) The1959 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
(c) Principles of Abnormal Psychology by Maslow and Mittelmann.
(d) Various Internet sites.

3. 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 immediately calls a mental hospital.
(b) She refuses to listen and tells Mary Nell to go away.
(c) She slaps Mary Nell and calls the police.
(d) She laughs and says she already knows.

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

5. After spending a few hours researching various topics in psychology and mental illness, Betsy Goodman is confused and decides to...
(a) Ask Mr. Bernstein what he thinks might be wrong with Lisa Shilling.
(b) Ignore the medical literature and come up with her own diagnosis.
(c) Stop being friends with Lisa Shilling and start going out with Brian Morris.
(d) Ignore the situation and just by Lisa Shilling's friend.

6. 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) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

7. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?
(a) Tracy Shilling.
(b) Jeremy Bernstein.
(c) Brian Morris.
(d) Ben Goodman.

8. Before moving to Long Island, Mary Nell Fickett lived in what U.S. State?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Utah.
(c) Montana.
(d) California.

9. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. What does Lisa tell her parents during this conversation?
(a) That she is dropping out of high school.
(b) That she is engaged to Brian Morris.
(c) That she is failing algebra.
(d) That she thinks she's going crazy.

10. 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)?
(a) Mrs. Goodman.
(b) Mrs. Shilling.
(c) Mrs. Fickett..
(d) Mrs. Frazer.

11. Which character is the youngest major character of the novel?
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

12. How does Lisa Shilling react when Brian Morris breaks up with her?
(a) She blames Mary Nell Fickett for coming between them.
(b) She begins to stalk him.
(c) She seems largely unaffected.
(d) She weeps hysterically for weeks.

13. The novel is set in what U.S. State?
(a) New York.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Jersey.

14. The first person that Mary Nell Fickett confided in about Lisa Shilling's possible mental illness was...
(a) Mrs. Shilling.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Neil Donovan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Betsy Goodman is most-fascinated with which actor/actress?

2. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?

3. Why does Lisa wait until her friend is present to talk about a serious medical condition with her parents?

4. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...

5. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, her parents performed what action?

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