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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. For how many years did Lori state her life had been non-existent?

2. What did Lori look at when the Voices "began to screech and cackle"?

3. What did Lori Winter's brother go to college for?

4. On what day was Lori ordered to leave camp because of her strange behavior?

5. What college did Lori decide had the best journalism program?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the events that changed Lori's life forever in August of 1976.

2. What were the multiple diagnoses that the doctors at Lori's hospital gave her?

3. When Lori returned home in 1983, why did she state that dinners around the family table had changed?

4. Why did Lori claim that everything was great after she and Tara moved into Wren Hall?

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

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

7. Why did Lori feel special (as she described in Chapter 2)?

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

9. Why was Steven Schiller angry that his parents had committed his sister, Lori?

10. Why did Lori believe that camp was the "most wonderful place in the world"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lori's illness changed dramatically when she began taking clozapine. Describe the changes that Lori went through while on clozapine. What did she struggle with initially? How did the drug come to help her in the end? How was it different from all other drugs that she had taken previously?

Essay Topic 2

What clues does the text provide to allow one to make genetic connections between Lori's illness and her family? Who admits that Lori's illness may have come from their side of the family? Why is this connection made? Do you believe that this is why Lori's parent acts differently than the other? Why?/Why not?

Essay Topic 3

What importance did the Search for Change halfway house have for Lori? What did she need to learn there? How did she change during her time there? How important was Search for Change in Lori's success at beating her illness?

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