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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Elizabeth Frazer tells Lisa Shilling that if she wants "'to play at sympathy and roses'" (p. 71) she should do what?
(a) Hire someone.
(b) Ask her little sister.
(c) Stop wearing dark clothing and acting strange.
(d) Show up for the group therapy sessions.

3. Mary Nell Fickett says that Lisa Shilling's behavior is "ridiculous...[for]...two reasons" (p. 67). What are the two reasons?
(a) Lisa asked for help then left, and Lisa asked Betsy Goodman for help.
(b) Lisa asked for help with her homework, and Lisa expected Mary Nell to cheat on an examination.
(c) Lisa asked for help but then refused it, and Lisa asked Elizabeth Frazer for help.
(d) Lisa asked to pay for help, and Lisa got mad when Mary Nell wouldn't accept payment.

4. As Lisa Shilling's mental condition continues to deteriorate, what are some of the things she does that are disconcerting to Betsy Goodman?
(a) She screams at anyone that touches her and plucks out her eyebrows.
(b) She frequently hides insects in her pockets and throws them at people as they walk away from her.
(c) She routinely cuts herself with any available sharp object and often slams her head into school lockers.
(d) She cries in class, is always late, vanishes frequently, and says things that don't make any sense.

5. Mr. Shilling meets with Rev. Fickett, Mr. Milne, and his daughter, and rejects their claim that Lisa Shilling is suffering from mental illness. What does Mr. Shilling do after the meeting ends?
(a) He starts drinking heavily.
(b) He roughs up his wife and daughters.
(c) He takes Lisa to the hospital.
(d) He leaves town on a business trip.

6. When Mrs. Shilling arrived at the Goodman house just after Lisa Shilling's accident and saw a broken window, what was her first assumption?
(a) That someone pushed Lisa through the window..
(b) That Lisa accidentally fell through the window.
(c) That Lisa broke the window playing baseball
(d) That Lisa pushed Betsy Goodman through the window.

7. 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 thinks Principal Jackson wouldn't be interested.
(b) He believes Principal Jackson would expel Betsy Goodman.
(c) He knows that Principal Jackson has a secret criminal record.
(d) He claims Principal Jackson would simply transfer Lisa to another school.

8. According to the narrator, which major character seems to contribute the most meaningful comments during group therapy sessions?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Tracy Shilling.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

9. What diagnosis is described by "when someone wants to do something and yet knows he shouldn't, he reaches out for the thing he shouldn't have, remembers he shouldn't have it, and pulls back. He can go through this for hours, days, years, which makes him absolutely motionless, afraid to do anything" (p. 62)?
(a) Obesity.
(b) Approach-avoidance conflict.
(c) Downs syndrome.
(d) Schizophrenia.

10. What does Betsy Goodman conclude in the definition of madness?
(a) Being paranoid without a good reason.
(b) Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
(c) Doing just the opposite of what you wanted to do.
(d) A chemical imbalance in the brain.

11. 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) Shirley MacLaine.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

12. As Mary Nell Fickett's confidence sinks, what happens to Betsy Goodman?
(a) Betsy's confidence sinks, too.
(b) Betsy loses interest in helping Lisa Shilling.
(c) Betsy develops a crush on Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Betsy's confidence increases.

13. By the end of the school year, which major character is the least optimistic about Lisa Shilling's chances for recovery?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Paul Newman.

14. After Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer how does she [Lisa] behave?
(a) She runs around town telling everyone about her victory.
(b) She tells the police Elizabeth attacked her.
(c) She puts iodine and bandages on Elizabeth's wounds.
(d) She falls into a sort of catatonic stupor.

15. What does Betsy call her affected smile that starts at the left corner of her mouth and then spreads slowly across her whole face?
(a) Gelontology.
(b) The Paul Newman Catcher.
(c) The Joanna Woodward Special.
(d) The Duchenne Smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne tell Mr. Shilling that his daughter Lisa is in serious trouble, what is Mr. Shilling's first assumption about Lisa's problem?

2. As Mary Nell Fickett becomes more self-educated about psychology, what irritating behavior does she start to exhibit?

3. Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett try to diagnose Lisa Shilling by watching Elizabeth Taylor's performance in which movie?

4. Which major character enters an emotionless "precatatonic stage...with neither the desire to live or speak normally" (p. 109)?

5. After Mr. Shilling rejects Rev. Fickett's and Mr. Milne's request to obtain medical help for Lisa Shilling, what does Rev. Fickett say to his daughter?

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