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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10 (Pages 33 - 60).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What aspect of Betsy Goodman's appearance is "three thousand dollars' perfect" (p. 12)?
(a) Her nose.
(b) Her posture.
(c) Her teeth.
(d) Her breasts.

3. When Lisa Shilling first tells her father that she thinks she might be going crazy, he tells her...
(a) That she's seen too many movies.
(b) That she should visit with a psychiatrist.
(c) That she should drink more coffee.
(d) That Shillings don't go crazy.

4. Lisa Shilling sometimes speaks with what kind of an affected accent?
(a) French.
(b) Australian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

5. The narrator compares her newly-built school to her old school and notes that both schools have the same...
(a) Color of blackboards.
(b) Tuna fish sandwiches every Friday.
(c) Style of lockers.
(d) Type of indirect lighting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lisa Shilling spends her six-week vacation in Florida doing what?

3. As Lisa Shilling's mental condition continues to deteriorate, how do her classmates respond?

4. The first person that Mary Nell Fickett confided in about Lisa Shilling's possible mental illness was...

5. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...

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