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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mark thing that Lori tried to commit suicide?
(a) To end her suffering.
(b) To upset her parents.
(c) To give into the Voices.
(d) For attention.

2. What happened after visiting hours at the hospital that Lori committed herself to in 1985?
(a) Movie time.
(b) Patient-doctor visits.
(c) Snack time.
(d) Showers.

3. What color was the comforter that Lori's mother bought her?
(a) Blue.
(b) Pink.
(c) Purple.
(d) Yellow.

4. Who did Lori see, in a hallucination, from her past whom she had not thought of in ten years?
(a) David Blume.
(b) Steve Myers.
(c) Riley Simmons.
(d) Fred Zaltas.

5. Who did Lori go on a date with, set up by the dating service, that allowed her to come home laughing after the date was over?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A magician.
(c) A comic.
(d) A trash collector.

6. What was the name of the store that Melvin and Lori would stop at and he would buy her a Diet Coke and a soft pretzel?
(a) Buster's.
(b) Pete's Pretzels.
(c) Fizzy's.
(d) Caldor's.

7. Why did Marvin have to tell his firm about Lori's condition?
(a) Because of insurance purposes.
(b) Because of her behavior at a function.
(c) Because another patient is the family member of a coworker.
(d) Because of a contract that insured that they needed to be made aware of medical conditions of family members.

8. What did Lori say that she realized "really lay down that road"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Death.
(c) True insanity.
(d) More mutilation.

9. At the opening of Chapter 19, "Mark Schiller, Chicago, November 1986", who, from his family, did Mark state had met his girlfriend, Sally?
(a) His father-Marvin.
(b) His sister- Lori.
(c) His mother- Nancy.
(d) His brother- Steven.

10. What had Mark done to Lori that made it impossible for him to believe that she was sick?
(a) Tried to make excuses for her illness.
(b) Put her on a pedestal for too long.
(c) Forgot that people are vulnerable.
(d) Ignored her sickness.

11. Who did Lori meet in the halfway house that smoked marijuana with?
(a) Donna.
(b) Susie.
(c) Robin.
(d) Maryann.

12. What was the topic of the poems that Mark wrote?
(a) Death.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Fate.
(d) Love.

13. After being removed from Dr. Brockland's office, what did Lori use to wrap around her neck in another one of her suicide attempts?
(a) A phone cord.
(b) A belt.
(c) A lamp cord.
(d) A scarf-a gift from her parents.

14. How long did Lori come to find out she would have to stay in an extended care unit where doctors would "make every possible attempt to find a medication that would help" her?
(a) At least two years.
(b) At least nine months.
(c) At least a year.
(d) At least six months.

15. How old was Marvin turning when Lori stood up and thanked him for his support while she was in the hospital?
(a) 50.
(b) 55.
(c) 48.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did Lori go to the window to await her parents arrival every day?

2. What was the name of the "enormous black man" that was a nurse on the intermediate-care ward?

3. How many sizes of clothing did Lori bring with her to New York Hospital (1987)?

4. What started happening, during the spring of 1984, that brought to light a strange pattern in Lori's life for her parents?

5. What was the day of the week that Lori arrived at one of New York's long-term hospitals for admittance?

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