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About This Quiz
"Girl, Interrupted" explored many of the issues that concern young women, and became a sleeper hit in the 90s. Commit yourself to our cinematic challenge by taking this quiz, and testing your knowledge of this movie now!
The entire film is told through the eyes of Susanna Kaysen, a real-life person on whose book about her experiences in the 1960s the film is based. Which popular 90s actress played her?
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder played Susanna Kaysen. She was committed to making a film from the book . She was also one of the film’s executive producers.
Molly Ringwald
Meg Ryan
Justine Bateman
The opening scene finds Susanna being taken to a hospital. What’s wrong with her?
she saved someone from drowning
she had an illegal abortion
she killed her parents
she tried to kill herself
Susanna tried to kill herself one night.
How did Susanna try to kill herself?
put a shotgun in her mouth
tried to hang herself with a belt
took a bottle of aspirin and drank a bottle of vodka
When asked why she took aspirin, Susanna said she had a headache. Chasing it with vodka, however, was not the way to get rid of the pain.
jumped in front of a train
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Susanna seemed like an ordinary high school graduating senior, but her behavior was often not quite ordinary. What specifically gave her a bit of trouble with the adults?
drove a car without a license
used a fake ID
had sex with an older man
Susanna seems to sleep around. She once had sex with a college professor, but she declined continuing the relationship because the guy was a friend of her parents.
she tried to kill someone
As a consequence of her suicide attempt, what did Susanna's parents make her do?
planned for her to go to military school
sent her to sleep without dinner
see a psychiatrist
Suicidal attempts require psychological intervention.
locked her in her room
After talking with the psychiatrist, Susanna was recommended to check into Claymoore to “get some better rest.†What kind of institution is Claymoore?
a mental institution
Claymoore is a mental institution where "troublesome" kids were sent to work out their problems.
a beach resort
a dormitory for ladies
a boarding school abroad
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Susanna was welcomed to Claymoore by Valerie, a kind head nurse. Which comedic actress played her?
Oprah Winfrey
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg played the kind but straight-up head nurse, Valerie. Goldberg is known for her comedy, but her talent extends into dramatic roles as well.
Shonda Rimes
Vanessa Williams
Susanna roommate, Georgina, likes reading which popular series of children's books?
Nancy Drew
Wizard of Oz
Georgina is an expert on the Wonderful Wizard of Oz book series written by L. Frank Baum. Georgina was played by Clea Duvall.
Harry Potter
Twilight
Why is Georgina at Claymoore?
she’s a cutter
she’s a pathological liar
Georgina loves stories, but she also tells her own tall tales, and is diagnosed as a pathological liar.
she also tried to commit suicide
she has bipolar disorder
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The seemingly quiet women’s section of Claymoore was disturbed by the arrival of a returning patient named Lisa. Which Hollywood actress played her?
Miley Cyrus
Lindsay Lohan
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie played the blonde rebel, Lisa. She breaks out of Claymoore every once in a while, and is escorted back by the police. Jolie won an Academy Award for her performance in this film.
Emily Blunt
Lisa had a best friend named Jamie who killed herself, and she initially got mad at Susanna for “taking over" Jamie’s bed and room. How did Jamie commit suicide?
volleyball net
When Lisa asked how her best friend had killed herself, she was told that Jamie hung herself with a volleyball net.
slingshot
pistol
hockey puck
Which "Girl, Interrupted" cast member — who portrayed a patient who committed suicide — died in real life.
Winona Ryder
Brittany Murphy
Brittany Murphy died in 2009 at the age of 32, reportedly from pneumonia complications. She played Daisy in "Girl, Interrupted."
Clea Duvall
Whoopi Goldberg
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Daisy didn’t want anyone to go inside her room, because she was hiding spoiling food under her bed. What kind of food was she hiding?
roasted chickens
Daisy didn't want visitors in her room for various reasons. Lisa and Susanna found out that she was hiding rotisserie chickens underneath her bed.
pork chops
filet mignons
broccoli
Susanna is sometimes seen doing this ...
creating paper sculptures
writing in her notebook journal
Susanna spends a lot of time writing her thoughts in her notebook journal.
dancing the samba
playing the oboe
Another patient, Polly Clark, had burn marks on her face and body. What nickname did Lisa give her?
Elasta Girl
Destiny Child
Torch
Torch didn’t mind Lisa calling her by that nickname. But everybody else called her Polly. The burn marks on her face and body were the result of a childhood trauma.
Morpheus
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Susanna smokes non-American cigarettes. From which European country do her cigarettes come?
Romania
England
France
While preparing for Claymoore, Susanna packed her special brand of French cigarettes, which other people always wanted to bum from her.
Italy
Susanna gained Daisy’s trust by trading this drug ...
marijuana
valium
Susanna started trading valium with Daisy once in a while, which led the latter to relax her stance a bit about inviting people over to her “place,†or room.
morphine shots
LSD
Susanna discovered that the girls in Claymoore hung out in their “underground playground†where they could do this ...
play mini-golf
bowl
A kind of bowling alley was hidden underneath Claymoore. Lisa and the girls discovered it, and had been going down there ever since.
play basketball
play volleyball
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After breaking into the chief psychiatrist’s office, the girls read their case files, and Susanna discovered that she was diagnosed with BPD. What is BPD?
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder is Susanna’s official diagnosis. While she appears rational, doctors say there are hints she's a bit unstable.
Big Pompous Disorder
Bold Promiscuous Disorder
Black Persona Disorder
As for Lisa’s diagnosis, she was diagnosed as a __path.
psycho
rapid
socio
Since she has been in Claymoore for eight years, it’s apparent that Lisa's problems run deep, and she is diagnosed as a sociopath.
lupus
Aside from swearing a lot, Janet Webb is always seen doing this kind of dance.
samba
ballet
Webb, who is very thin, is always seen stretching like a dancer. Sometimes she does ballet poses, giving a hint of her background before Claymoore.
salsa
tango
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Cynthia, another patient, also wanted to be declared a sociopath, but Lisa insisted that she was just one of these.
a dyke
Psychology earlier treated homosexuality as a disorder and mental illness. This explains why Cynthia would be in Claymoore. Since 1974, however, the American Psychiatric Association declared that homosexuality is not a mental disorder.
a confused person
a coward
a spoiled brat
Apparently, the doctors saw Susanna’s engagement in this as a symptom of her Borderline Personality Disorder.
kinky sex
casual sex
Susanna’s penchant for having casual sex was seen as a symptom of her “mental illness.†However, she constantly tried to debunk this finding.
dom-sub sex
vanilla sex
It’s the last thing one would want to eat on a winter's day, but the Claymoore girls, under Valerie and her nurses’ guidance, went to town to eat this.
cotton candy
funnel cake
ice cream
Valerie decided to treat the girls out to ice cream one winter day. That was the day of Daisy’s release, so it was like a going away treat.
milk chocolate
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Susanna’s lover, Toby, visited her one day. Which Suicide Squad actor played Toby?
Chris Pine
Michael Fassbender
Jared Leto
Jared Leto played Toby, Susanna’s lover. Leto is also a musician.
Will Smith
Toby wanted to run away from America to avoid the 1960s Vietnam War draft. To what country did he want to go?
Italy
Bahamas
Canada
Toby, and many others like him, avoided the military draft by going to another country. For Americans, it was easy to cross the border into Canada, making it their getaway country of choice.
Philippines
When Polly had a fit one night, Susanna played this musical instrument outside the door to calm her down. What instrument was it?
flute
bongo drums
guitar
Susanna apparently knew how to play the guitar, so she borrowed one and started playing for Polly.
harmonica
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What popular Petula Clark song of the 1960s did Susanna play to calm Polly down?
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Downtown
The hit “Downtown" became popular in 1965 for Petula Clark. Susanna played this on the guitar while she and Lisa sang it for Polly.
Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch
I Got You Babe
When Lisa saw that they were building a new theme park in Florida, she used it as an excuse to run away from Claymoore again, bringing Susanna with her. What theme park was this?
Six Flags
Disney World
Lisa entertained the notion of working for Disney when she heard on the news that a Disney theme park was being built in Florida.
Hersheyland
Knott’s Berry Farm
What momentary special connection did Susanna and Lisa have on their way to Florida?
they kissed
Lisa and Susanna hitchhiked with some hippies inside a VW van. During that moment of freedom, Susanna leaned over and kissed Lisa on the lips.
they had sex
they held hands
they hugged
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On the way to Florida, Lisa and Susanna crashed into Daisy’s apartment. What was revealed about Daisy, which was the actual reason she was at Claymoore?
Daisy is both a psychopath and a sociopath
Daisy had an incestuous relationship with her dad
Lisa said everyone in Claymoore knew this secret.
Daisy massacred a poor family
Daisy tried to kill her mother
On the morning that Daisy hung herself, she was playing this song by Skeeter Davis over and over again.
Mr. Postman
Sugar Sugar
The End of the World
The 1962 Skeeter Davis hit, "The End of the World,†was on a loop in Daisy’s vinyl record player the morning she hung herself. In 1973, the Carpenters also recorded this song.
Respect
When she went back to Claymoore after Daisy’s suicide, Susanna brought Daisy’s pet along with her there. What kind of pet did Daisy have?
salamander
puppy
cat
Daisy’s cat, Ruby, took a liking to Susanna when Daisy died. Susanna, in turn, brought Ruby to Claymoore to entertain the girls there.
lovebirds
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During their final confrontation scene, when Lisa asked "Why don’t somebody push my buttons,†to see if someone would care if she died or not, what did Susanna answer?
Because you’re dead already
Susanna observed that Lisa was already dead inside, and people don’t care for people like that, she said.
Because you’re such a whiner
Because you’re beautiful
Because you’re a two-timer
Susanna gets this diagnosis before being let out of Claymoore.
declared healthy
"Declared healthy†is Susanna's final diagnosis before being let out of Claymoore. In real life, Susanna obtained her medical records in the mental institution where she checked in, as added research for writing her "Girl, Interrupted" memoir.
declared insane
declared flabby
declared pretty
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