1. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Elizabeth Frazer deliberately provkes Lisa Shilling. Why does she do this?
(a) She hopes to draw attention to Lisa's mental condition.
(b) She wants Lisa to get arrested.
(c) She knows she can easily win in a fight against Lisa.
(d) She wants to get Lisa expelled from school.

2. Mary Nell Fickett's approach to helping Lisa Shilling initially consists of...
(a) Using Rorschach ink blot analysis techniques.
(b) Trying to hypnotize Lisa.
(c) Paying for Lisa to receive electro-shock therapy.
(d) Trying to match Lisa's symptoms to a psychological diagnosis.

3. Which major character is described as "a tall, blonde girl who seemed contained from within by taut wires strung from shoulder to shoulder, from head to hip. Self-contained and beautiful and distant, and suddenly mysterious" (pp. 59-60)?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Shirley MacLaine.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

4. When Mr. Bernstein eventually intervenes on Lisa Shilling's behalf, he meets with various school teachers but does not involve Principal Jackson. Why not?
(a) He knows that Principal Jackson has a secret criminal record.
(b) He thinks Principal Jackson wouldn't be interested.
(c) He believes Principal Jackson would expel Betsy Goodman.
(d) He claims Principal Jackson would simply transfer Lisa to another school.

5. Lisa Shilling tells her friends that she is always tired. Why is she always tired?
(a) Because she sneaks out at night to visit her boyfriend Brian Morris.
(b) Because her father makes her clean house for several hours every night.
(c) Because when she tries to sleep she hears many voices talking to her.
(d) Because she likes to stay up late watching television.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lisa Shilling walks through a floor-to-ceiling window and is taken to the hospital, Mr. Goodman, Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Elizabeth Frazer all attempt to convince Mrs. Shilling that Lisa's actions were a cry for help. How does Mrs. Shilling respond?

2. How do the teachers at Lisa Shilling's school agree to "help" (p. 90) Lisa?

3. Why does Lisa Shilling attack Elizabeth Frazer?

4. Lisa Shilling spends her six-week vacation in Florida doing what?

5. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...

(see the answer key)

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