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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 was the name of the camp that Lori had attended for many years?

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

3. Why did Lori want to get out of the hospital in 1983?

4. What kind of tree would Nancy Schiller sit in when she was a child and dream of her future?

5. What is wrong with the memory that plagued Lori, as described in Chapter 2, "Lori, Scarsdale, New York, August 1970-August 1977"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Steven's fears about Lori's commitment cause him to do?

2. Why was Steven Schiller really afraid of what had happened to his sister?

3. What did Lori come to accept as a sign of fate that she should attend Tufts for college?

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

5. What did Marvin Schiller learn from the late night phone call, in March of 1982, from Lori Winters?

6. What single event triggered the Voices when Lori was at camp?

7. In Chapter 11, why did Lori state that she hated the hospital?

8. Why did Lori state that for a long time, during high school, "relief came more than torment"?

9. Why did Marvin tell Nancy that they needed to keep Lori's illness secret?

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 is ruled by her behaviors. Throughout the text, Lori's behaviors are detailed. Choose three of the most pertinent behaviors and describe 1) where the behavior stemmed from; 2) what preceded the behavior; 3) how Lori felt about the behavior; and 4) the consequence of the behavior.

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

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.

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