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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 started happening, during the spring of 1984, that brought to light a strange pattern in Lori's life for her parents?

2. What had Mark done to Lori that made it impossible for him to believe that she was sick?

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

4. What was the one thing that Marvin insisted that Lori talk to him about?

5. What did Lori admit to her father at the end of Chapter 13, "Marvin Schiller, Scarsdale, New York, June 1984 - August 1984"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lori do to get thrown out of Futura House?

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

3. What were the two choices that Lori was given regarding her stay at 3 South?

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

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

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

7. At New York Hospital, in late 1985, what was different about Lori's stay than the previous time?

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

9. Why did Marvin Schiller state that "all through the winter I loved hearing the phone ring"?

10. Why did Marvin Schiller, in Chapter 13, state that Lori's job as a waitress was good for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lori's Voices are personified given the capitalization of the "V". Why do you believe that Lori personified her Voices? What did this do for the Voices? What did it do for Lori?

Essay Topic 2

What importance did the Search for Change halfway house have for Lori? What did she need to learn there? How did she change during her time there? How important was Search for Change in Lori's success at beating her illness?

Essay Topic 3

At many points throughout the text, Lori admits to losing past ties with friends and her life prior to her illness. Do you think that Lori needed to move on past her past? Why? Was this necessary for her to become well? Explain using textual evidence.

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