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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she has contracted a serious infectious disease.
(c) That she wants to join a new religion.
(d) That she has been cheating on school work.

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

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

4. 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 believe Lisa Shilling will start dating Brian Morris in their absence.
(c) Because Westbury, New York, is a poor and crime-ridden neighborhood.
(d) Because they realizes Lisa Shilling will be left without support.

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

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

7. What does Betsy Goodman conclude in the definition of madness?
(a) Doing just the opposite of what you wanted to do.
(b) Being paranoid without a good reason.
(c) Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
(d) A chemical imbalance in the brain.

8. 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 are afraid of Lisa's parents' social influence.
(b) Because they believe Betsy Goodman is telling lies.
(c) Because they enjoy watching students suffer.
(d) Because they don't believe Lisa has a problem.

9. By the end of the school year, when Betsy Goodman or Elizabeth Frazer asks Lisa Shilling a question, how does Lisa usually respond?
(a) By always answering yes.
(b) By repeating the question back at them.
(c) By saying she doesn't know the answer.
(d) By ignoring them.

10. Which major character is described as "a tall, blonde girl who seemed contained from within by taut wires strung from shoulder to shoulder, from head to hip. Self-contained and beautiful and distant, and suddenly mysterious" (pp. 59-60)?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Shirley MacLaine.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

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

12. What does Mary Nell Fickett do as she continues to participate in group therapy sessions with Lisa Shilling?
(a) She begins to use hallucinogenic drugs.
(b) She thinks that Lisa is faking her mental illness.
(c) She reads many books on mental illness.
(d) She secretly dates Brian Morris.

13. 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...
(a) Nymphomania.
(b) Agoraphobic distemper.
(c) Anorexia nervosa.
(d) Psychotic personality.

14. What is the favorite topic of conversation when Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, Elizabeth Frazer, and Lisa Shilling just sit around and chat?
(a) Skirt lengths.
(b) Illegal drugs.
(c) Elizabeth's mother's diamonds.
(d) Paul Newman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Shilling meets with Rev. Fickett, Mr. Milne, and his daughter, and rejects their claim that Lisa Shilling is suffering from mental illness. What does Mr. Shilling do after the meeting ends?

2. Why does Mr. Shilling reject Rev. Fickett's and Mr. Milne's assertion that Lisa Shilling is suffering from serious mental illness?

3. Lisa Shilling disappears while she is at Betsy Goodman's house waiting for Mary Nell Fickett and Elizabeth Frazer to arrive. Where does Lisa go?

4. According to the narrator, which major character seems to contribute the most meaningful comments during group therapy sessions?

5. Which major character always eats fattening foods like mayonnaise but still has a slim figure?

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