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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) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

3. 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?
(a) He leaves town on a business trip.
(b) He takes Lisa to the hospital.
(c) He roughs up his wife and daughters.
(d) He starts drinking heavily.

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

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

6. 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) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
(d) Raintree Country.

7. Mr. Bernstein says he entirely can't act in Lisa Shilling's best interests because he must do what?
(a) Consider also the best interests of other students.
(b) Respect HIPAA privacy laws.
(c) Make sure he receives his retirement checks.
(d) Follow school district policy regarding mentally ill patients.

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

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

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

11. 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 Lisa accidentally fell through the window.
(d) That someone pushed Lisa through the window..

12. 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?
(a) Mary Nell announces her parents are getting divorced.
(b) Lisa deliberately walks through a floor-to-ceiling window.
(c) Lisa attacks Elizabeth and tries to shove her into the fireplace.
(d) Betsy invites her father to watch the movie Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! .

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

14. 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 ignoring them.
(b) By saying she doesn't know the answer.
(c) By always answering yes.
(d) By repeating the question back at them.

15. Of the four major characters in the novel, which one eventually becomes the decision-maker of the group?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What epiphany does Betsy Goodman have immediately after Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer?

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

3. As Lisa Shilling's mental condition continues to deteriorate, what are some of the things she does that are disconcerting to Betsy Goodman?

4. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Lisa Shilling physically attacks which major character?

5. After Lisa Shilling berates Mary Nell Fickett for quite some time, what does she do?

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