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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Elizabeth Frazer agrees to try to help Lisa Shilling only after...
(a) Lisa Shilling tries to kill herself.
(b) Mr. Shilling agrees to pay her [Elizabeth] and Betsy Goodman.
(c) She [Elizabeth] fails her English midterm.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman demonstrate their determination.

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

3. During some group therapy sessions Mary Nell Fickett encourages Lisa Shilling to "free-associate" (p. 83). What does Mary Nell mean by this term?
(a) To start talking about whatever comes to mind.
(b) She wants Lisa to start being friends with other people.
(c) She wants to stop charging her patient for psychological services.
(d) To talk about international trade relations.

4. After Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer how does she [Lisa] behave?
(a) She runs around town telling everyone about her victory.
(b) She puts iodine and bandages on Elizabeth's wounds.
(c) She falls into a sort of catatonic stupor.
(d) She tells the police Elizabeth attacked her.

5. Lisa Shilling's little sister Tracy, twelve years old, believes something is wrong with Lisa. What symptoms does she disclose to Mary Nell Fickett?
(a) Lisa speaks in gibberish all the time and cracks her knuckles a lot.
(b) Lisa spends most nights standing in the corner crying and most mornings eating cupcakes.
(c) Lisa never talks and stares at things.
(d) Lisa will only wear yellow clothes and only eat yellow foods.

6. Elizabeth Frazer tells Lisa Shilling that if she wants "'to play at sympathy and roses'" (p. 71) she should do what?
(a) Hire someone.
(b) Stop wearing dark clothing and acting strange.
(c) Ask her little sister.
(d) Show up for the group therapy sessions.

7. With only three weeks left in the school year, what does Mr. Bernstein hope for?
(a) That Betsy Goodman will pass her classes and graduate.
(b) That Rev. Fickett will let him join another church.
(c) That he will win the lottery before he loses his job.
(d) That Lisa Shilling will complete school and become someone else's problem.

8. As Mary Nell Fickett's confidence sinks, what happens to Betsy Goodman?
(a) Betsy's confidence increases.
(b) Betsy's confidence sinks, too.
(c) Betsy loses interest in helping Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy develops a crush on Elizabeth Frazer.

9. Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne, a schoolteacher, talk to Mr. Shilling about Lisa Shilling's situation. Why is Mrs. Shilling not present for that conversation?
(a) The discussion was held at a men's club where women were not allowed.
(b) She was in the hospital recovering from surgery.
(c) She deliberately leaves the house to avoid the discussion.
(d) She was not invited.

10. According to Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman has something that Elizabeth and Mary Nell Fickett don't have. What are the three traits that Elizabeth enumerates?
(a) Warmth, naturalness, and simplicity.
(b) Beauty, intelligence, and education.
(c) Health, wealth, and wisdom.
(d) Strength, dexterity, and constitution.

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

12. After Lisa Shilling berates Mary Nell Fickett for quite some time, what does she do?
(a) She begs Mary Nell for help.
(b) She slaps Mary Nell.
(c) She watches a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) She shoves Mary Nell through a glass door.

13. After Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Elizabeth Frazer feel they have not been able to help Lisa Shilling, what does Mrs. Goodman advise them to do?
(a) To forget about Lisa and have fun.
(b) To forget about Lisa and focus on school.
(c) To keep trying.
(d) To try to find someone else who needs help.

14. Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman, and Mary Nell Fickett's intense and initial conversation about diagnosing Lisa Shilling is interrupted when...
(a) Elizabeth slaps Mary Nell.
(b) Lisa arrives at the schoolyard.
(c) Mary Nell runs out of the room in tears.
(d) Lisa knocks on the closet door from the inside.

15. What does Betsy call her affected smile that starts at the left corner of her mouth and then spreads slowly across her whole face?
(a) The Joanna Woodward Special.
(b) The Paul Newman Catcher.
(c) The Duchenne Smile.
(d) Gelontology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lisa Shilling attack Elizabeth Frazer?

2. After Lisa Shilling walks through a floor-to-ceiling window and is taken to the hospital, Mr. Goodman, Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Elizabeth Frazer all attempt to convince Mrs. Shilling that Lisa's actions were a cry for help. How does Mrs. Shilling respond?

3. Mr. Bernstein says he entirely can't act in Lisa Shilling's best interests because he must do what?

4. According to Mary Nell Fickett, why do teenagers like to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes?

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

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