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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. What is the favorite topic of conversation when Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, Elizabeth Frazer, and Lisa Shilling just sit around and chat?
(a) Paul Newman.
(b) Elizabeth's mother's diamonds.
(c) Illegal drugs.
(d) Skirt lengths.

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

3. What does Lisa Shilling hope to accomplish by walking deliberately through a floor-to-ceiling window?
(a) She hopes to kill herself.
(b) She wants to show Brian Morris that she still loves him.
(c) She hopes to convince her parents she is mentally ill.
(d) She hopes to show her friends how impetuous she can be.

4. When Mary Nell Fickett talks to her father about Lisa Shilling, how does her father respond?
(a) He offers to call the police about Lisa's situation.
(b) He tells her she probably won't be able to help and refuses to get involved.
(c) He tells her she probably won't be able to help but offers to get involved.
(d) He tells her she is doing more harm than good.

5. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Lisa Shilling physically attacks which major character?
(a) Brian Morris.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

Short Answer 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?

2. 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?

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

4. According to Mary Nell Fickett, why do teenagers like to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes?

5. With only three weeks left in the school year, what does Mr. Bernstein hope for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lisa Shilling occasionally talks in a deep, sultry voice with a notable English accent. Betsy Goodman associates this English-sounding Lisa with the dark Lisa. In popular psychology, what type of mental illness would account for this distinction?

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

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. The Reverend Fickett makes a personal attempt to have Lisa Shilling's condition accepted and treated. With Mr. Milne, a school teacher, he calls upon Mr. Shilling directly. His attempt meets with failure as Mr. Shilling stonewalls him. Should Rev. Fickett have done anything differently? Should Rev. Fickett have given up when he did?

5. 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.

6. After Lisa assaults Elizabeth, she makes her close friends make her a particular promise. What is the promise, and why does she make them accept it?

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

8. 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?

9. What techniques does Mrs. Shilling utilize to ignore her daughter Lisa's symptoms of mental illness?

10. 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?

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