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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which major character enters an emotionless "precatatonic stage...with neither the desire to live or speak normally" (p. 109)?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

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

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

4. During one early group therapy session, why does Mary Nell Fickett get angry with Elizabeth Frazer?
(a) Because Elizabeth tells Mary Nell she won't find answers in books.
(b) Because Elizabeth uses a lot of profanity when she speaks.
(c) Because Elizabeth keeps blowing bubbles with her bubblegum.
(d) Because Elizabeth doesn't think Paul Newman is attractive.

5. Of whom does Lisa Shilling say "'You are quite the most rotten, sneaky, conniving little person I've ever known'" (p. 73)?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Brian Morris.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

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

7. Betsy Goodman wants Lisa Shilling to teach her how to do what strange behavior?
(a) Talk in gibberish.
(b) Dress in all black.
(c) Fall asleep with her eyes open.
(d) Talk with an English accent.

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

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

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

11. Which major character has frequent visual and audible hallucinations?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

12. Who emotionally begs Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne to do more to convince Lisa Shilling's father that Lisa needs immediate mental health care?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

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

14. Although Elizabeth Frazer is beautiful and "[b]oys thought she was sensational" (p. 97) she does not seem to have any friends or boyfriends. The narrator states this is because Elizabeth has what quality?
(a) She extensively uses profanity.
(b) People believe her to be a drug user.
(c) What seemed like coldness.
(d) She is constantly burping and farting.

15. 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?
(a) She tells the girls they are making it all up.
(b) She thinks Lisa was pushed by Betsy.
(c) She believes them.
(d) She thinks Betsy has tried to harm Lisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Nell Fickett do as she continues to participate in group therapy sessions with Lisa Shilling?

2. Mary Nell Fickett states Lisa Shilling's diagnosis is "'a paranoid or a schizophrenic, and maybe both together'" (p. 68). Elizabeth Frazer disagrees and states Lisa's diagnosis is...

3. Elizabeth Frazer tells Lisa Shilling that if she wants "'to play at sympathy and roses'" (p. 71) she should do what?

4. 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?

5. Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman, and Mary Nell Fickett's intense and initial conversation about diagnosing Lisa Shilling is interrupted when...

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