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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Elizabeth has access to her father's library of books.
(d) Because they both knew Elizabeth previously had suffered from mental illness.

2. 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 accidentally fell through the window.
(c) That someone pushed Lisa through the window..
(d) That Lisa broke the window playing baseball

3. As Mrs. Shilling begins to realize that perhaps her daughter Lisa really is suffering from mental illness, what is one of her first responses?
(a) She runs away from her family.
(b) She blames Lisa's father for causing the mental illness.
(c) She blames Lisa's friends for causing the mental illness.
(d) She starts to use psychedelic drugs.

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 screams at anyone that touches her and plucks out her eyebrows.
(c) She cries in class, is always late, vanishes frequently, and says things that don't make any sense.
(d) She routinely cuts herself with any available sharp object and often slams her head into school lockers.

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

6. What epiphany does Betsy Goodman have immediately after Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer?
(a) That Elizabeth previously had suffered from mental illness.
(b) That Elizabeth secretly has been dating Brian Morris.
(c) That Lisa is mentally ill.
(d) That Mary Nell Fickett is very bossy.

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

8. During one group therapy session Lisa Shilling teases Mary Nell Fickett by making up a recurring dream. What is the dream that Lisa makes up?
(a) She dreams she was born in California.
(b) She dreams of many snakes crawling into a hole.
(c) She dreams she's married to Paul Newman.
(d) She dreams of Brian Morris dating Mary Nell.

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

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) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Shirley MacLaine.

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

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

13. After Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer how does she [Lisa] behave?
(a) She falls into a sort of catatonic stupor.
(b) She runs around town telling everyone about her victory.
(c) She tells the police Elizabeth attacked her.
(d) She puts iodine and bandages on Elizabeth's wounds.

14. Why does Mary Nell Fickett tell Betsy Goodman that she is furious with Elizabeth Frazer?
(a) Because Mary Nell is no longer in charge of the situation.
(b) Because Elizabeth is smarter than Mary Nell.
(c) Because Elizabeth is better looking than Mary Nell.
(d) Because Elizabeth refuses to take charge of the situation.

15. 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) Schizophrenia.
(d) Downs syndrome.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During some group therapy sessions Mary Nell Fickett encourages Lisa Shilling to "free-associate" (p. 83). What does Mary Nell mean by this term?

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

5. During one early group therapy session, why does Mary Nell Fickett get angry with Elizabeth Frazer?

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