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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Mr. Shilling rejects Rev. Fickett's and Mr. Milne's request to obtain medical help for Lisa Shilling, what does Rev. Fickett say to his daughter?
(a) That she can start dating Brian Morris.
(b) That she should stop cheating at school.
(c) That she should not involve herself in the situation.
(d) That she can no longer see Elizabeth Frazer.

2. Lisa Shilling's little sister Tracy, twelve years old, believes something is wrong with Lisa. What symptoms does she disclose to Mary Nell Fickett?
(a) Lisa spends most nights standing in the corner crying and most mornings eating cupcakes.
(b) Lisa speaks in gibberish all the time and cracks her knuckles a lot.
(c) Lisa will only wear yellow clothes and only eat yellow foods.
(d) Lisa never talks and stares at things.

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

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

5. Why did Lisa Shilling and Betsy Goodman look to Elizabeth Frazer for answers to Lisa's problems?
(a) Because Elizabeth has access to her father's library of books.
(b) They believe Elizabeth can contact spirits from beyond the grave.
(c) Because they both feel Elizabeth is the smartest person.
(d) Because they both knew Elizabeth previously had suffered from mental illness.

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

7. According to Mary Nell Fickett, why do teenagers like to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes?
(a) Because there's nothing else to do.
(b) To show how old they are.
(c) Because they like to be addicted to things.
(d) To make their parents worry.

8. Which major character always eats fattening foods like mayonnaise but still has a slim figure?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

9. 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 start talking about whatever comes to mind.
(b) She wants to stop charging her patient for psychological services.
(c) She wants Lisa to start being friends with other people.
(d) To talk about international trade relations.

10. How do the teachers at Lisa Shilling's school agree to "help" (p. 90) Lisa?
(a) By expelling her from school.
(b) By allowing her to cheat openly on examinations.
(c) By giving her 'A' grades even though she doesn't deserve them.
(d) By tacitly ignoring her.

11. Which major character enters an emotionless "precatatonic stage...with neither the desire to live or speak normally" (p. 109)?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

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

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

14. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Elizabeth Frazer deliberately provkes Lisa Shilling. Why does she do this?
(a) She hopes to draw attention to Lisa's mental condition.
(b) She knows she can easily win in a fight against Lisa.
(c) She wants to get Lisa expelled from school.
(d) She wants Lisa to get arrested.

15. 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 blames Lisa's father for causing the mental illness.
(b) She runs away from her family.
(c) She starts to use psychedelic drugs.
(d) She blames Lisa's friends for causing the mental illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lisa Shilling accuse of trying to steal Brian Morris away from her?

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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)?

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