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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 they realizes Lisa Shilling will be left without support.
(b) Because they believe Lisa Shilling will start dating Brian Morris in their absence.
(c) Because Mary Nell doesn't want to go with her family to Ohio.
(d) Because Westbury, New York, is a poor and crime-ridden neighborhood.

3. 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.

4. Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman, and Mary Nell Fickett's intense and initial conversation about diagnosing Lisa Shilling is interrupted when...
(a) Lisa arrives at the schoolyard.
(b) Mary Nell runs out of the room in tears.
(c) Lisa knocks on the closet door from the inside.
(d) Elizabeth slaps Mary Nell.

5. As Mary Nell Fickett's confidence sinks, what happens to Betsy Goodman?
(a) Betsy's confidence increases.
(b) Betsy develops a crush on Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy loses interest in helping Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy's confidence sinks, too.

6. 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 hopes to kill herself.
(c) She wants to show Brian Morris that she still loves him.
(d) She hopes to convince her parents she is mentally ill.

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

8. 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) Make sure he receives his retirement checks.
(c) Follow school district policy regarding mentally ill patients.
(d) Respect HIPAA privacy laws.

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

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

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

12. After Lisa Shilling berates Mary Nell Fickett for quite some time, what does she do?
(a) She begs Mary Nell for help.
(b) She slaps Mary Nell.
(c) She shoves Mary Nell through a glass door.
(d) She watches a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor.

13. 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.

14. 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) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Betsy Goodman conclude in the definition of madness?

2. Early in their developing friendship, Lisa Shillings makes Betsy Goodman promise that...

3. Why did Lisa Shilling and Betsy Goodman look to Elizabeth Frazer for answers to Lisa's problems?

4. 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?

5. For what reason does the narrator believes that Mr. Bernstein and the school will not act in Lisa Shilling's best interests?

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