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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. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. After that conversation what does Lisa do?
(a) Goes to school and flunks her English test.
(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 shopping with her friends.

2. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...
(a) Married.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that Lisa Shilling's oldest friend is...

2. Just after Brian Morris breaks up with her, Lisa Shilling begins to befriend which major character?

3. Why does Brian Morris break up his relationship with Lisa Shilling?

4. After Lisa Shilling's first public outburst of irrational behavior amidst a group of friends occurred, Mary Nell Fickett apologized by saying...

5. The narrator of the novel is...

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