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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5 (Pages 9 - 33).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is the youngest major character of the novel?
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

2. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...
(a) A blind spot.
(b) Living in your own world.
(c) Selective inattention.
(d) Wishful thinking.

3. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?
(a) Neil Donovan.
(b) Brian Morris.
(c) Ben Goodman.
(d) Paul Newman.

4. How does Lisa Shilling react when Brian Morris breaks up with her?
(a) She blames Mary Nell Fickett for coming between them.
(b) She weeps hysterically for weeks.
(c) She begins to stalk him.
(d) She seems largely unaffected.

5. The first person that Mary Nell Fickett confided in about Lisa Shilling's possible mental illness was...
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mrs. Shilling.
(c) Neil Donovan.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. What does Lisa tell her parents during this conversation?

2. Which character's father is a minister?

3. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...

4. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Dark" refer?

5. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?

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