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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lori Winters tell Marvin that Lori had tried to do when the police had arrived at their apartment?

2. Where was Lori's family moving to during the summer drive across country?

3. What hospital did Lori's parents meet her at March of 1985?

4. Why did Lori Winters have to call 911?

5. When Lori described how much medication she took, what did she state it was difficult for her to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lori Schiller and Lori Winters believe that the McAlpin Hotel was the "ideal place for two recently graduated college girls"?

2. What "sales pitch" did Nancy Schiller believe would be the hardest one she ever had to make?

3. According to Chapter 12, why did Lori state that she always listened to music?

4. In Chapter 11, what were the two reasons that Lori was glad to be home?

5. Why did the memory of the dog plague Lori?

6. What did Lori Winters, in Chapter 4, state was the reason that she called 911?

7. Describe Lori's Voices at the beginning of college.

8. What two movies did Lori compare herself to when she came to believe that she was possessed?

9. At twenty-four, a year after being released from the hospital, what did Lori find worrisome?

10. While at college, why did Lori state that she began to grow "increasingly tense and nervous"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lori had to overcome her Voices to get better. Track the specific things that Lori did to control her Voices. What did she have to do? What worked? What didn't? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Lori was required to submit to many different treatments. Which of the treatments do you believe was the best for her? Explain in full detail why. (Use other treatments' shortcomings to support your belief.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one activity that the staff taught Lori in order to "teach you [her] ways to feel the storm before it arrives.". Why do you believe this activity worked? Did not work? What was the importance of understanding the onslaught of an outburst? How did this help Lori?

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