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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The narrator describes Jeremy Bernstein as being shaped like what letter of the alphabet?
(a) C.
(b) J.
(c) L.
(d) O.

3. Just after Brian Morris breaks up with her, Lisa Shilling begins to befriend which major character?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Neil Donovan.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

4. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...
(a) Telling them they are out of line.
(b) Attacking them with a knife.
(c) Asking how they think they can help.
(d) Denying anything is wrong.

5. 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. Frazer.
(b) Mrs. Shilling.
(c) Mrs. Fickett..
(d) Mrs. Goodman.

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

7. Which character's father is a minister?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

8. According to the narrator, who "counts less" (p. 12) than anyone else in the novel?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

9. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...
(a) She can't pass her English class.
(b) She's has nightmares constantly.
(c) She hears voices talking in her head.
(d) She can't stop thinking about Paul Newman.

10. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?
(a) Goodman.
(b) Frazer.
(c) Fickett.
(d) Shilling.

11. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...
(a) Afraid to admit they have failed.
(b) Evil and don't want to let anyone know the truth.
(c) Trying to shield their children from unpleasant things.
(d) Unable to comprehend the truth.

12. 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 drink more coffee.
(c) That she should visit with a psychiatrist.
(d) That she's seen too many movies.

13. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

14. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?
(a) Paul Newman.
(b) Neil Donovan.
(c) Ben Goodman.
(d) Brian Morris.

15. What sport does Brian Morris play?
(a) Rugby.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Football.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. After that conversation what does Lisa do?

2. The novel is set in what U.S. State?

3. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman initially turn to what source of information to research mental illness?

4. The school guidance counselor's name is...

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

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