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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mary Nell Fickett tell Betsy Goodman that she is furious with Elizabeth Frazer?
(a) Because Elizabeth refuses to take charge of the situation.
(b) Because Elizabeth is smarter than Mary Nell.
(c) Because Elizabeth is better looking than Mary Nell.
(d) Because Mary Nell is no longer in charge of the situation.

2. Why did Lisa Shilling and Betsy Goodman look to Elizabeth Frazer for answers to Lisa's problems?
(a) Because they both feel Elizabeth is the smartest person.
(b) Because Elizabeth has access to her father's library of books.
(c) They believe Elizabeth can contact spirits from beyond the grave.
(d) Because they both knew Elizabeth previously had suffered from mental illness.

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

4. Mary Nell Fickett says that Lisa Shilling's behavior is "ridiculous...[for]...two reasons" (p. 67). What are the two reasons?
(a) Lisa asked for help but then refused it, and Lisa asked Elizabeth Frazer for help.
(b) Lisa asked for help then left, and Lisa asked Betsy Goodman for help.
(c) Lisa asked to pay for help, and Lisa got mad when Mary Nell wouldn't accept payment.
(d) Lisa asked for help with her homework, and Lisa expected Mary Nell to cheat on an examination.

5. 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) Gelontology.
(b) The Duchenne Smile.
(c) The Joanna Woodward Special.
(d) The Paul Newman Catcher.

6. 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) Health, wealth, and wisdom.
(b) Warmth, naturalness, and simplicity.
(c) Strength, dexterity, and constitution.
(d) Beauty, intelligence, and education.

7. As the end of school approaches, Elizabeth Frazer plans to go to Maine, Many Nell Fickett plans to go to Ohio, and Betsy Goodman plans to go to Westbury, New York. Why do these exciting summer plans trouble the girls?
(a) Because Mary Nell doesn't want to go with her family to Ohio.
(b) Because they realizes Lisa Shilling will be left without support.
(c) Because Westbury, New York, is a poor and crime-ridden neighborhood.
(d) Because they believe Lisa Shilling will start dating Brian Morris in their absence.

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

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

10. As the group therapy sessions continue, why does Mary Nell Fickett lose confidence?
(a) Because Lisa Shilling doesn't seem to get any better.
(b) Because Elizabeth Frazer is much more beautiful than Mary Nell.
(c) She realizes she is not in charge.
(d) She realizes she doesn't know anything about psychology.

11. 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 routinely cuts herself with any available sharp object and often slams her head into school lockers.
(b) She cries in class, is always late, vanishes frequently, and says things that don't make any sense.
(c) She frequently hides insects in her pockets and throws them at people as they walk away from her.
(d) She screams at anyone that touches her and plucks out her eyebrows.

12. What does Lisa Shilling hope to accomplish by walking deliberately through a floor-to-ceiling window?
(a) She hopes to kill herself.
(b) She hopes to convince her parents she is mentally ill.
(c) She hopes to show her friends how impetuous she can be.
(d) She wants to show Brian Morris that she still loves him.

13. For what reason does the narrator believes that Mr. Bernstein and the school will not act in Lisa Shilling's best interests?
(a) Because they enjoy watching students suffer.
(b) Because they believe Betsy Goodman is telling lies.
(c) Because they don't believe Lisa has a problem.
(d) Because they are afraid of Lisa's parents' social influence.

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

15. When Mary Nell Fickett talks to her father about Lisa Shilling, how does her father respond?
(a) He offers to call the police about Lisa's situation.
(b) He tells her she probably won't be able to help but offers to get involved.
(c) He tells her she probably won't be able to help and refuses to get involved.
(d) He tells her she is doing more harm than good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa Shilling has her friends promise that they will do something if she becomes violent. What do they promise to do?

2. After Elizabeth Frazer bluntly states that Lisa Shilling needs to be placed in a mental institution, how does Mrs. Shilling (Lisa's mother) respond?

3. When Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne tell Mr. Shilling that his daughter Lisa is in serious trouble, what is Mr. Shilling's first assumption about Lisa's problem?

4. One night right before the end of the school year Betsy Goodman, Elizabeth Frazer, Mary Nell Fickett, and Lisa Shilling are talking at the Goodman house. What happens right after Mr. Goodman walks into the room?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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