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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15 (Pages 60 - 96).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mary Nell Fickett explains how she intends to help Lisa Shilling--she refers to the process as...
(a) Therapy-ize.
(b) Hypnotize.
(c) Mesmerize.
(d) Psychoanalyze.

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

3. The narrator describes Jeremy Bernstein as being shaped like what letter of the alphabet?
(a) O.
(b) J.
(c) L.
(d) C.

4. Who eavesdrops on the conversation between Rev. Fickett, Mr. Milne, and Mr. Shilling when they discuss Lisa Shilling's mental illness?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

5. 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) Jeremy Bernstein.
(c) Brian Morris.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which major character has frequent visual and audible hallucinations?

2. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?

3. Whom does the narrator describe as being enthusiastic but not very practical?

4. Of whom does Lisa Shilling say "'You are quite the most rotten, sneaky, conniving little person I've ever known'" (p. 73)?

5. How does Lisa Shilling react when Brian Morris breaks up with her?

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