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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the narrator describe as being enthusiastic but not very practical?
(a) Mr. Shilling.
(b) Mr. Frazer.
(c) Mr. Bernstein.
(d) Rev. Fickett.

2. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...
(a) Attacking them with a knife.
(b) Denying anything is wrong.
(c) Telling them they are out of line.
(d) Asking how they think they can help.

3. Which major character suggests that Elizabeth Frazer should join Lisa Shilling's impromptu group therapy sessions?
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

4. The narrator states that Lisa Shilling's oldest friend is...
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Shirley MacLaine.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

5. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. After that conversation what does Lisa do?
(a) Goes shopping with her friends.
(b) Lays on her bead and smashes her head against the headboard.
(c) Moves out of the house to live with her boyfriend.
(d) Goes to school and flunks her English test.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?

2. How does Mrs. Shilling respond when Mary Nell Fickett tries to tell her that Lisa Shilling has a mental illness that needs treatment?

3. Betsy Goodman is most-fascinated with which actor/actress?

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

5. The school guidance counselor's name is...

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on the various descriptions of the four main protagonists' families, do you believe they would all go to the same public high school?

2. Describe Lisa on a so-called bright day and contrast that description to Lisa on a so-called dark day.

3. Why does Lisa Shilling feel more comfortable with her new friend Betsy Goodman than with her older friend Mary Nell Fickett?

4. Who is the narrator in chapter one?

5. What kind of a job does Mr. Jackson do as the school principal?

6. What kind of a job does Rev. Fickett do as a church reverend?

7. Why does Lisa Shilling tell her parents that she thinks she is mentally ill in front of her friend Mary Nell Fickett?

8. What kind of a job does Mr. Goodman do as an insurance salesman?

9. Why does the narrator spend so much time establishing which protagonist is better looking, which is more intelligent, and which is from a wealthier family?

10. Describe the nature of the relationship between Brian Morris and Lisa Shilling in the early part of the novel.

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