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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. When Lori decided to sign herself into the extended stay unit, what did she state she was starting a war with?

2. At what time did Lori go to the window to await her parents arrival every day?

3. At the opening of Chapter 19, "Mark Schiller, Chicago, November 1986", who, from his family, did Mark state had met his girlfriend, Sally?

4. What did the status "C.O." mean?

5. In Chapter 24, "Lori, New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, January 1989", what did Lori state that she "tried to understand about"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lori state that she liked Rye Psychiatric?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Dr. Doller differ from all of Lori's other doctors?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both of Lori's brothers, Mark and Steven, notated issues with mental concerns of their own. What did this make you realize about the commonalities and concerns with schizophrenia? Where the concerns of Mark and Steven substantiated? Why?/Why not? Detail both siblings concerns and why they chose to shut Lori out.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one activity that the staff taught Lori in order to "teach you [her] ways to feel the storm before it arrives.". Why do you believe this activity worked? Did not work? What was the importance of understanding the onslaught of an outburst? How did this help Lori?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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