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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mary Nell Fickett says that Lisa Shilling's behavior is "ridiculous...[for]...two reasons" (p. 67). What are the two reasons?
(a) Lisa asked to pay for help, and Lisa got mad when Mary Nell wouldn't accept payment.
(b) Lisa asked for help but then refused it, and Lisa asked Elizabeth Frazer for help.
(c) Lisa asked for help then left, and Lisa asked Betsy Goodman for help.
(d) Lisa asked for help with her homework, and Lisa expected Mary Nell to cheat on an examination.

2. 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) Mary Nell announces her parents are getting divorced.
(c) Lisa deliberately walks through a floor-to-ceiling window.
(d) Betsy invites her father to watch the movie Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! .

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which major character always eats fattening foods like mayonnaise but still has a slim figure?

2. Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman, and Mary Nell Fickett's intense and initial conversation about diagnosing Lisa Shilling is interrupted when...

3. Elizabeth Frazer agrees to try to help Lisa Shilling only after...

4. 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?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What actions does Lisa Shilling take to attempt to convince her parents that she needs professional help?

2. When discussing a movie about mental illness with her friends, Lisa Shilling comments on one particular aspect or scene of the movie that makes her uncomfortable. What is that aspect?

3. Betsy Goodman meets with Mr. Bernstein several times and he explains why he cannot become involved. Yet she continues to turn to him for help. Why does Betsy continue to attempt to rely on Mr. Bernstein?

4. Cover photographs aside, what narratives clues are there that identify the four protagonists as white?

5. If you were in Lisa's situation, to whom would you turn for help?

6. Describe some of Lisa Shilling's self-destructive behaviors.

7. Mr. Milne makes a few attempts to have Lisa Shilling's condition accepted and treated. He calls upon the school authorities in a formal and, later, an informal manner. He also meets with Rev. Fickett and Mr. Shilling directly. His attempts meet with failure as first Bernstein and the school administration and later Mr. Shilling stonewall him. Should Milne have done anything differently? Should Milne have given up when he did?

8. Betsy Goodman is watching a television program about a mentally ill (and committed) patient when Lisa Shilling arrives. Why does Lisa's appearance make Betsy uncomfortable?

9. Describe the typical group therapy session involving Lisa Shilling, Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Elizabeth Frazer.

10. Mary Nell Fickett believes that she might fully master the study of abnormal psychology by reading many books. Describe Mary Nell's reasoning and comment upon it.

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