Bug With Quoted Table Names?

I think I've encountered a bug in Oracle 9.2.0.1.0. If I create table with its name in quotes, I can't access it again unless I also use the name in quotes. But, in DBA_OBJECTS the table's name shows up without quotes.
For example:
CREATE TABLE "avalys" (test number);
SELECT * FROM "avalys"; --Works
SELECT * FROM avalys; --Doesn't
Any idea what the problem could be? Am I just not supposed to quote table names (I need to, because one of our tables is a reserved word, and unfortunately we can't change the name of the table).

When you put quotes around a table name, you're telling Oracle to store the table name in a case-sensitive fashion, rather than the default case-insensitive fashion. When you use a non-quoted identifier, Oracle automatically upcases the whole thing and tries to resolve the name. Thus, you can do the following (not the uppercase table name in quotes)
SQL> create table "FOO" (n1 number);
Table created.
SQL> select * from foo;
no rows selected
because "select * from foo" implicitly upcases foo. If you declare a table with some lowercase letters, i.e.
SQL> create table "FOo" (n1 number);
Table created.
you'll only be able to access it with the same partially lowercase string, i.e.
SQL> select * from "FOo"
no rows selected
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