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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. What words did Chapter 8, "Nancy Schiller, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York, August 1982 - September 1982" open with?

2. Where was the "sweet guy" from that was "serious enough to want to marry" Lori?

3. What did Steven admit that he had refused to do at the end of Chapter 7, "Steven Schiller, Scarsdale, New York, July 1982"?

4. What "old wound" did Lori's admittance into the hospital reopen for Steven Schiller?

5. Why did Steven state that he had cried at the opening of Chapter 7, "Steven Schiller, Scarsdale, New York, July 1982"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marvin want to insure that nothing of his daughter's break "came to light"?

2. At twenty-four, a year after being released from the hospital, what did Lori find worrisome?

3. According to Chapter 12, why did Lori state that she always listened to music?

4. What did Lori Winters, and some other friends of Lori Schiller's, believe was wrong with her during their senior year of college?

5. In Chapter 11, what were the two reasons that Lori was glad to be home?

6. What did Lori Winters, in Chapter 4, state was the reason that she called 911?

7. What were the multiple diagnoses that the doctors at Lori's hospital gave her?

8. When Lori returned home in 1983, why did she state that dinners around the family table had changed?

9. What single event triggered the Voices when Lori was at camp?

10. Why did the memory of the dog plague Lori?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Control was a main theme of the text. Find three examples where the theme of control was highlighted and explain why this example was centered around control.

Essay Topic 2

Both Nancy and Marvin Schiller reacted differently to Lori's illness. Compare and contrast Lori's parent's feelings and actions regarding Lori's illness.

Essay Topic 3

At many times throughout the text, Lori "finds" herself back in a hospital. Do you think that Lori forced her way back into hospitals for a reason? Do you think that, even though Lori hated the hospitals, the hospitals were the one place that she felt the safest? Support your answers textually.

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