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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 month and year did Mark meet Sally?

2. What did "elopement" mean at the hospital that Lori signed herself into in November of 1985?

3. What serial killer did Lori see in a hallucination?

4. What did Lori say that she realized "really lay down that road"?

5. Who did Lori see, in a hallucination, from her past whom she had not thought of in ten years?

Short Essay Questions

1. At New York Hospital, in late 1985, what was different about Lori's stay than the previous time?

2. Describe Lori's plans, and what she actually did, to commit suicide (at the end of Chapter 20).

3. What did "O.U." stand for and represent?

4. Why was Lori jealous of the voices that other patients heard?

5. What did Lori bring with her to 3 South?

6. What did Dr. Doller and Dr. Fischer explain to Lori about her Voices?

7. Why did Mark Schiller state that he enjoyed Tulane?

8. What did Lori and Marvin do on the weekends to keep their "relations simple and on an even keel"?

9. What were the two choices that Lori was given regarding her stay at 3 South?

10. How did Lori master the Quiet Room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What do you think the chapters that showed Lori's journaling and the hospital records added to the text? Do you think that these were necessary additions to the text? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Both Nancy and Marvin Schiller reacted differently to Lori's illness. Compare and contrast Lori's parent's feelings and actions regarding Lori's illness.

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