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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 kind of game did Lori throw during her stay in the intermediate-care unit?

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

3. What did Marvin want Lori to write down (because of this, she kept a paper and pencil by her bed)?

4. What did Lori learn to do to subside the Voices?

5. What did Lori state was her "activity" when she was in the hospital in 1985?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marvin Schiller state that "all through the winter I loved hearing the phone ring"?

2. Describe Lori's typical day at New York Hospital in late 1985.

3. Why did Mark Schiller keep breaking up with Sally every time a visit to his parent's home would grow close?

4. Explain the the compartments of Lori's brain.

5. Why did Lori create a scale for Dr. Doller?

6. What were a few of the things that Lori did, as stated in Chapter 20, when she began "hearing the call of cocaine again"?

7. What did Marvin state that his life had "boiled down to" after Lori's release from the hospital?

8. Why could one not get away with breaking the rules at 3 South?

9. What did Lori do to get thrown out of Futura House?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At many points throughout the text, Lori admits to losing past ties with friends and her life prior to her illness. Do you think that Lori needed to move on past her past? Why? Was this necessary for her to become well? Explain using textual evidence.

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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