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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 did Lori climb onto the first time she heard the Voices?

2. Where did Lori spend the first semester of her junior year of college?

3. For how many years did Lori state her life had been non-existent?

4. What "infuriated" Nancy when she stopped at Peppermint Park?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lori state that for a long time, during high school, "relief came more than torment"?

2. While at college, why did Lori state that she began to grow "increasingly tense and nervous"?

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

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

5. Why was Steven Schiller angry that his parents had committed his sister, Lori?

6. Why was Steven Schiller really afraid of what had happened to his sister?

7. What did Marvin Schiller learn from the late night phone call, in March of 1982, from Lori Winters?

8. Why did Lori WInters stated that at one point she began to think of getting married even though she did not love the man she was dating?

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

10. What two movies did Lori compare herself to when she came to believe that she was possessed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lori was required to submit to many different treatments. Which of the treatments do you believe was the best for her? Explain in full detail why. (Use other treatments' shortcomings to support your belief.

Essay Topic 2

Lori is ruled by her behaviors. Throughout the text, Lori's behaviors are detailed. Choose three of the most pertinent behaviors and describe 1) where the behavior stemmed from; 2) what preceded the behavior; 3) how Lori felt about the behavior; and 4) the consequence of the behavior.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the times that Lori exploded at her parents. Why do you believe she did this? How did it help her in her illness? How did it harm her in her illness? Based upon the text, why do you think that Lori's outbursts may have been a step in the right direction towards controlling her illness? Or do you disagree? Why? Support your answer.

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