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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) She hides in a closet for a long time.
(b) She tries to drown herself in a river.
(c) She wanders into the street and is hit by a car.
(d) She goes home.

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

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

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) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Brian Morris.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

6. During some group therapy sessions Mary Nell Fickett encourages Lisa Shilling to "free-associate" (p. 83). What does Mary Nell mean by this term?
(a) To talk about international trade relations.
(b) She wants Lisa to start being friends with other people.
(c) To start talking about whatever comes to mind.
(d) She wants to stop charging her patient for psychological services.

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

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

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

10. What happens on the first organized group therapy session including Lisa Shilling, Elizabeth Frazer, Mary Nell Fickett, and Betsy Goodman?
(a) Lisa denies she has a problem.
(b) Elizabeth slaps Lisa.
(c) Nothing, because Lisa avoids the scheduled meeting.
(d) Mary Nell cries when Lisa is mean to her.

11. 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.

12. Which major character does Mrs. Shilling address as "'some sixteen-year-old bitch-to-be'" (p. 116)?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

13. After Elizabeth Frazer bluntly states that Lisa Shilling needs to be placed in a mental institution, how does Mrs. Shilling (Lisa's mother) respond?
(a) She tells Elizabeth that Lisa is already on the way to an asylum.
(b) She slaps Elizabeth and tells her to stay away from Lisa.
(c) She embraces Elizabeth and thanks her for her concern.
(d) She says she'd like to help but Mr. Shilling has forbidden it.

14. With only three weeks left in the school year, what does Mr. Bernstein hope for?
(a) That Lisa Shilling will complete school and become someone else's problem.
(b) That Rev. Fickett will let him join another church.
(c) That he will win the lottery before he loses his job.
(d) That Betsy Goodman will pass her classes and graduate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Betsy Goodman wants Lisa Shilling to teach her how to do what strange behavior?

3. 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?

4. What does Lisa Shilling hope to accomplish by walking deliberately through a floor-to-ceiling window?

5. Which major character enters an emotionless "precatatonic stage...with neither the desire to live or speak normally" (p. 109)?

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