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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. Who did Nancy say blamed them self for Lori's problems?
2. Whose birthday party did Lori attend, begin to believe everyone in attendance hated her, and then drive four hours home?
3. Where did Lori and Lori live while they were waiting for their apartment to be ready? (As notated in Chapter 4, "Lori Winters, New York City, July 1981 - March 1982".)
4. What college did Lori end up being accepted to and enrolling in?
5. Why did Lori Winters have to call 911?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Lori state that for a long time, during high school, "relief came more than torment"?
2. What did Steven's fears about Lori's commitment cause him to do?
3. Why was Steven Schiller angry that his parents had committed his sister, Lori?
4. In Chapter 11, what were the two reasons that Lori was glad to be home?
5. Why did Lori claim that everything was great after she and Tara moved into Wren Hall?
6. What did Lori do on a whim while in college?
7. Why did Lori WInters stated that at one point she began to think of getting married even though she did not love the man she was dating?
8. Describe the events that changed Lori's life forever in August of 1976.
9. What "sales pitch" did Nancy Schiller believe would be the hardest one she ever had to make?
10. Why did Marvin want to insure that nothing of his daughter's break "came to light"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Control was a main theme of the text. Find three examples where the theme of control was highlighted and explain why this example was centered around control.
Essay Topic 3
The Quiet Room (the room itself) was a necessary part of Lori's recovery. Describe what the Quiet Room was to Lori. What did it begin as for her? How did she force a change in the Quiet Room? What did the Quiet Room become for her?
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