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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 keep trying.
(b) To try to find someone else who needs help.
(c) To forget about Lisa and focus on school.
(d) To forget about Lisa and have fun.

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

3. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Lisa Shilling physically attacks which major character?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Brian Morris.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

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

5. Lisa Shilling says a specific thing in the movie Raintree Country makes her "'a little nervous'" (p. 70). What is that thing?
(a) The mental illness of the character portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) The way the movie has been colorized from the original black and white.
(c) The scene in the insane asylum.
(d) The strobe-like lighting.

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

7. 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) Approach-avoidance conflict.
(c) Downs syndrome.
(d) Schizophrenia.

8. Who does Lisa Shilling accuse of trying to steal Brian Morris away from her?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Tracy Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

9. 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.

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

11. 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) They believe Elizabeth can contact spirits from beyond the grave.
(c) Because they both knew Elizabeth previously had suffered from mental illness.
(d) Because Elizabeth has access to her father's library of books.

12. Who eavesdrops on the conversation between Rev. Fickett, Mr. Milne, and Mr. Shilling when they discuss Lisa Shilling's mental illness?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

13. Lisa Shilling tells her friends that she is always tired. Why is she always tired?
(a) Because she sneaks out at night to visit her boyfriend Brian Morris.
(b) Because her father makes her clean house for several hours every night.
(c) Because when she tries to sleep she hears many voices talking to her.
(d) Because she likes to stay up late watching television.

14. 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 never talks and stares at things.
(b) Lisa spends most nights standing in the corner crying and most mornings eating cupcakes.
(c) Lisa speaks in gibberish all the time and cracks her knuckles a lot.
(d) Lisa will only wear yellow clothes and only eat yellow foods.

15. 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) She was in the hospital recovering from surgery.
(b) She was not invited.
(c) The discussion was held at a men's club where women were not allowed.
(d) She deliberately leaves the house to avoid the discussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer how does she [Lisa] behave?

2. When Mr. Bernstein eventually intervenes on Lisa Shilling's behalf, he meets with various school teachers but does not involve Principal Jackson. Why not?

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

4. Of whom does Lisa Shilling say "'You are quite the most rotten, sneaky, conniving little person I've ever known'" (p. 73)?

5. Why does Mary Nell Fickett tell Betsy Goodman that she is furious with Elizabeth Frazer?

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