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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What sport does Brian Morris play?
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. After Lisa Shilling's first public outburst of irrational behavior amidst a group of friends occurred, Mary Nell Fickett apologized by saying...
4. The narrator states that Lisa Shilling's oldest friend is...
5. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of a job does Mr. Jackson do as the school principal?
2. Describe the nature of the relationship between Brian Morris and Lisa Shilling in the early part of the novel.
3. 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?
4. Why is chapter one presented in italic type face?
5. Why does Elizabeth Frazer gradually become the de facto decision-maker of what is and is not good for Lisa Shilling?
6. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Shilling ignore their daughter's repeated assertions that she is mentally ill?
7. Why is Betsy Goodman the youngest of the major protagonists?
8. Why does Lisa Shilling believe that she is suffering form mental illness?
9. In what is Mr. Shilling primarily interested?
10. Who is the narrator in chapter one?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Enumerate Lisa Shilling's major symptoms and discuss them within the context of the novel. Do any of Mary Nell's analysis efforts shed light on a potential diagnosis for Lisa? What do you think would be Lisa's diagnosis? Do you believe that having a specific diagnosis helps or hinders professional treatment?
Essay Topic 2
The novel features a few construction elements that make the exact identify of the narrator ambiguous in some portions. Describe who you think is the narrator of the novel. Can the narrator be identified as a single character? Is the narrator reliable?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the role of class in the novel. Which characters act appropriately for their class? Who is the wealthiest character in the novel and how do they act? Who is the poorest character in the novel and how do they act?
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