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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15 (Pages 60 - 96).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Brian Morris break up his relationship with Lisa Shilling?
(a) Because Lisa's behavior is erratic and nonsensical.
(b) Because he realizes he's homosexual.
(c) Because he wants to date Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Because Lisa's family is poor and he wants to date a rich girl.

2. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?
(a) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.
(b) Lisa's use of an English accent when talking.
(c) Lisa's periods of mental illness.
(d) Lisa's obsession with the sun.

3. The novel begins with a recalled conversation between Lisa Shilling and her parents. Which of Lisa's acquaintances is present for the conversation?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Brian Morris.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

4. The narrator states that Mr. Shilling's primary motivation is...
(a) Power.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Money.
(d) Fashion.

5. After Mr. Shilling rejects Rev. Fickett's and Mr. Milne's request to obtain medical help for Lisa Shilling, what does Rev. Fickett say to his daughter?
(a) That she can start dating Brian Morris.
(b) That she can no longer see Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) That she should stop cheating at school.
(d) That she should not involve herself in the situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is described by the narrator as trying "to hard to be clever, too hard to be quick, too hard at everything except at being himself" (pp. 28-29)?

2. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...

3. What trait is referred to in the novel as "'Locust Valley Lockjaw'" (p. 30)?

4. What diagnosis is described by "when someone wants to do something and yet knows he shouldn't, he reaches out for the thing he shouldn't have, remembers he shouldn't have it, and pulls back. He can go through this for hours, days, years, which makes him absolutely motionless, afraid to do anything" (p. 62)?

5. Which character is described by the narrator as looking "like Shelley Winters playing a roadhouse pick-up...stretch-pants two sizes too small, preshrunk sweaters with classic midriff bulge, a fur coat slung over her shoulders, and a scarf hiding the curlers in her hair" (p. 29)?

(see the answer key)

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