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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22 (Pages 131 - 143).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which major character does Mrs. Shilling address as "'some sixteen-year-old bitch-to-be'" (p. 116)?
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

2. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman compile a list of psychological conditions including paranoia, schizophrenia, split-personality, and paranoia. To whom do they think this list applies?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Jeremy Bernstein.
(d) Brian Morris.

3. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?
(a) Her mother likes to join various organizations.
(b) Her mother constructs articles by joining pieces of wood.
(c) Her mother belongs to a social club known as the Joiners.
(d) She's using a slang word of the 1960s meaning her mother is not very cool.

4. What is Neil Donovan's final diagnosis of Lisa Shilling?
(a) Bipolar Disorder.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Shizophrenia.
(d) It is not specified in the novel.

5. Why does Lisa Shilling wait until Mr. Goodman is in the room before she deliberately walks through a floor-to-ceiling window?
(a) She knows that Mr. Goodman is a paramedic.
(b) She wants an adult witness to her action.
(c) She is terrified of Mr. Goodman and is trying to get away from him.
(d) She wants Mr. Goodman to see her damaging his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first decides to try and help Lisa Shilling?

2. When Mr. Bernstein eventually intervenes on Lisa Shilling's behalf, he meets with various school teachers but does not involve Principal Jackson. Why not?

3. As the end of school approaches, Elizabeth Frazer plans to go to Maine, Many Nell Fickett plans to go to Ohio, and Betsy Goodman plans to go to Westbury, New York. Why do these exciting summer plans trouble the girls?

4. According to Elizabeth Frazer, Betsy Goodman has something that Elizabeth and Mary Nell Fickett don't have. What are the three traits that Elizabeth enumerates?

5. After visiting Lisa Shilling in the hospital, Betsy Goodman, Elizabeth Frazer, and Mary Nell Fickett become very happy and spend a few hours goofing off in a park and laughing. Why?

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