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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. Betsy Goodman is most-fascinated with which actor/actress?
(a) Shirley MacLaine.
(b) Clint Eastwood.
(c) Gregory Peck.
(d) Paul Newman.

2. Before moving to Long Island, Mary Nell Fickett lived in what U.S. State?
(a) California.
(b) Montana.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Utah.

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

4. Why does Brian Morris break up his relationship with Lisa Shilling?
(a) Because Lisa's family is poor and he wants to date a rich girl.
(b) Because he wants to date Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Because Lisa's behavior is erratic and nonsensical.
(d) Because he realizes he's homosexual.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to talk to her parents about something important. Lisa's mother, Mrs. Shilling, responds by doing what?

2. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?

3. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...

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

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

(see the answer key)

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