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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of the school year, which major character is the least optimistic about Lisa Shilling's chances for recovery?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Paul Newman.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

2. How do the teachers at Lisa Shilling's school agree to "help" (p. 90) Lisa?
(a) By giving her 'A' grades even though she doesn't deserve them.
(b) By allowing her to cheat openly on examinations.
(c) By tacitly ignoring her.
(d) By expelling her from school.

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

4. When Mrs. Shilling arrived at the Goodman house just after Lisa Shilling's accident and saw a broken window, what was her first assumption?
(a) That Lisa pushed Betsy Goodman through the window.
(b) That Lisa broke the window playing baseball
(c) That someone pushed Lisa through the window..
(d) That Lisa accidentally fell through the window.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. During one group therapy session Lisa Shilling teases Mary Nell Fickett by making up a recurring dream. What is the dream that Lisa makes up?
(a) She dreams she's married to Paul Newman.
(b) She dreams she was born in California.
(c) She dreams of many snakes crawling into a hole.
(d) She dreams of Brian Morris dating Mary Nell.

9. Why does Lisa Shilling wait until Mr. Goodman is in the room before she deliberately walks through a floor-to-ceiling window?
(a) She wants Mr. Goodman to see her damaging his house.
(b) She is terrified of Mr. Goodman and is trying to get away from him.
(c) She wants an adult witness to her action.
(d) She knows that Mr. Goodman is a paramedic.

10. According to the narrator, which major character seems to contribute the most meaningful comments during group therapy sessions?
(a) Tracy Shilling.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

11. Which major character always eats fattening foods like mayonnaise but still has a slim figure?
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

12. After Mr. Shilling rejects Rev. Fickett's and Mr. Milne's request to obtain medical help for Lisa Shilling, what does Rev. Fickett say to his daughter?
(a) That she should not involve herself in the situation.
(b) That she should stop cheating at school.
(c) That she can start dating Brian Morris.
(d) That she can no longer see Elizabeth Frazer.

13. Why does Lisa Shilling attack Elizabeth Frazer?
(a) Because Elizabeth says Lisa is a phony.
(b) Because Elizabeth says Paul Newman is a bad actor.
(c) Because Elizabeth secretly has been dating Brian Morris.
(d) Because Elizabeth deliberately provokes her.

14. What diagnosis is described by "when someone wants to do something and yet knows he shouldn't, he reaches out for the thing he shouldn't have, remembers he shouldn't have it, and pulls back. He can go through this for hours, days, years, which makes him absolutely motionless, afraid to do anything" (p. 62)?
(a) Obesity.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Downs syndrome.
(d) Approach-avoidance conflict.

15. As Mary Nell Fickett becomes more self-educated about psychology, what irritating behavior does she start to exhibit?
(a) She develops a facial tic.
(b) She starts to speak with big words that nobody else understands.
(c) She starts arguing with everyone all the time.
(d) She begins to diagnose everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Mary Nell Fickett says that Lisa Shilling's behavior is "ridiculous...[for]...two reasons" (p. 67). What are the two reasons?

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

5. Which major character does Mrs. Shilling address as "'some sixteen-year-old bitch-to-be'" (p. 116)?

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