- Conrad Jarrett quates the color gray with faliure and the color blue with
Your answer:
anxiety
triumph
fear
- "Ordinary People" opens on a Target Date, exactly
Your answer:
one month are Conrad's release from the hospital
one year after Buck's death
six months before Conrad's high school graduation
- Calvin Jarrett makes his living as
Your answer:
an entreprenuer
a journalist
a tax attorney
- Beth is concerned beacuse Conrad
Your answer:
doesn't talk to anyone in the morning
won't eat breakfast with the family
goes to school dressed like a bum
- Calvin grew up in
Your answer:
Chicago
an orphanage
a tenement
- Conrad has lost weight during the past year, a total of
Your answer:
twenty-five pounds
twenty pounds
fifteen pounds
- The part of Conrad's appearance which most concerns his father is his
Your answer:
weight
eyes
posture
- Conrad becomes anxious as he waints for his ride to school because he has lost his
Your answer:
might have to ride with his mother
wants to arrive early for he can study
might be late
- In the beginning of the book, Conrad believes he has lost his
Your answer:
reason for living
ability to excel in school
sense of identity
- When Conrad first returns to school, he prefers everyone to be indifferent to his rather than
Your answer:
helpful
concerned
cheerful
- Conrad's English teacher
Your answer:
ignores him
offers to give him an extension of time for his book report
pressures him to participate in class discussion
- The only time during the school day that Conrad feels comfortable is during
Your answer:
A Cappella Choir
swimming practice
English class
- Calvin does not want to go away for Christmas as the family usually does because he thinks
Your answer:
there is not enough moeny
the timing is off
Calvin does not want to go away for Christmas
- On the commitment papers, Conrad's diagnosis is
Your answer:
paranoia
schizophrenia
severe depression
- At first Dr. Berger reminds Conrad of a
Your answer:
bear
monkey
badger
- On Conrad's first visit to Dr. Berger, the office is a mess because
Your answer:
it has been burglarized
Dr. Berger works best in confusion
a previous patient had gone berserk
- Conrad tells Dr. Berger he wants to work on
Your answer:
eliminating his fears
preventing panic attacks
gaining control
- One more good thing Conrad remembers about the hospital is
Your answer:
he felt loved and respected
he could get medication whenever he needed it
no one hid anything from anyone
- Conrad's breakdown causes Calvin to
Your answer:
resent Beth
question himself
re-examine his marriage
- Calvin's first actual experience with loss is the
Your answer:
ending of his relationship with Arnold Bacon
death of buck
death of his mother