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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 does Sandy say that he will do if Francesca does not show up at her next appointment with him?
(a) Cross her off his schedule.
(b) Become very angry.
(c) Come to her house.
(d) Nothing.

2. What time does Hal end up setting the first appointment with the doctor for?
(a) Friday at 1:00pm.
(b) Thursday at 1:00pm.
(c) Thursday at 9:00am.
(d) Friday at 9:00am.

3. Who was beginning to notice the rituals that Francesca was doing when she was in the house?
(a) Hal.
(b) Grace and Hal.
(c) Grace.
(d) No one.

4. Grace tells Dr. Gordon that Francesca has always been the _________ child, the good one in the family.
(a) Sensible.
(b) Bright.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Wild.

5. Hal believed that a therapist did have a vested interest in the outcome of his patients - when it came to the __________.
(a) Family.
(b) Stability.
(c) Time.
(d) Fee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Francesca sit as the rest of the girls wandered around the party, leaving her alone?

2. Hal says the Dr. Waldman doesn't treat an ear or a lung or a leg. He treats _________.

3. What made Sandy Sherman a bit of an outsider when it came to the medical community?

4. What color was the barre when Francesca dreamed of being with Madame that night after the party?

5. Who does Francesca discover has moved around the things in her room, which upsets her to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story about therapy that Hal decides to share with Grace as they are trying to find help for Francesca?

2. Why is Francesca afraid to speak to Dr. Smith when they are speaking privately, away from her parents?

3. Why is Dr. Gordon going to set Francesca up with an appointment to see Sandy Sherman?

4. When Francesca does not show up for one of her appointments with Sandy Sherman, what does Sandy call her to say?

5. What does the doctor threaten to do if Francesca cannot get her weight under control again?

6. What has happened to Francesca's grades in school at this point of the story?

7. Why does Francesca's dad become angry with Dr. Smith when he tries to call him?

8. What does the letter that Grace receives from Susanna have to say about her future plans?

9. From whom does Francesca get the advice to become thin and firm in order to look better?

10. What does Hal have to do in order to take Francesca to her first appointment with Dr. Smith the following Thursday?

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