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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. How many sizes of clothing did Lori bring with her to New York Hospital (1987)?

2. What was the name of Marvin's secretary that would always put Lori's calls through immediately whenever she called his office?

3. To whom did Lori compare her new psychiatrist, from the extended care unit, to?

4. What was the name of the "enormous black man" that was a nurse on the intermediate-care ward?

5. What was the thing that Lori needed to hear over, and over, from Marvin when she was released from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lori state that she liked Rye Psychiatric?

2. Why could one not get away with breaking the rules at 3 South?

3. What did Marvin state as progress for Lori at his fiftieth birthday?

4. How did Dr. Doller differ from all of Lori's other doctors?

5. What did Marvin state that his life had "boiled down to" after Lori's release from the hospital?

6. Describe Lori's typical day at New York Hospital in late 1985.

7. Why did Mark Schiller keep breaking up with Sally every time a visit to his parent's home would grow close?

8. Why was Lori jealous of the voices that other patients heard?

9. Describe Lori's plans, and what she actually did, to commit suicide (at the end of Chapter 20).

10. What did Lori and Marvin do on the weekends to keep their "relations simple and on an even keel"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lori is able to write about her illness in a very honest and explicit way. Explain the importance of this format for both Lori and the reader. Why is Lori's honesty important for her? Why is it important for the reader? What does this honesty do for the text itself? What may it do for those suffering from schizophrenia?

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 activity that the staff taught Lori in order to "teach you [her] ways to feel the storm before it arrives.". Why do you believe this activity worked? Did not work? What was the importance of understanding the onslaught of an outburst? How did this help Lori?

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