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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 20 (Pages 97 - 130).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the teachers at Lisa Shilling's school agree to "help" (p. 90) Lisa?
(a) By expelling her from school.
(b) By allowing her to cheat openly on examinations.
(c) By tacitly ignoring her.
(d) By giving her 'A' grades even though she doesn't deserve them.

2. When Mrs. Shilling arrived at the Goodman house just after Lisa Shilling's accident and saw a broken window, what was her first assumption?
(a) That Lisa accidentally fell through the window.
(b) That Lisa pushed Betsy Goodman through the window.
(c) That someone pushed Lisa through the window..
(d) That Lisa broke the window playing baseball

3. Elizabeth Frazer agrees to try to help Lisa Shilling only after...
(a) Mr. Shilling agrees to pay her [Elizabeth] and Betsy Goodman.
(b) Lisa Shilling tries to kill herself.
(c) She [Elizabeth] fails her English midterm.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman demonstrate their determination.

4. Early in their developing friendship, Lisa Shillings makes Betsy Goodman promise that...
(a) Betsy will never date Brian Morris.
(b) Betsy will always be honest.
(c) Betsy will never speak to Elizabeth Frazer.
(d) Betsy will never write anything down.

5. As the end of school approaches, Elizabeth Frazer plans to go to Maine, Many Nell Fickett plans to go to Ohio, and Betsy Goodman plans to go to Westbury, New York. Why do these exciting summer plans trouble the girls?
(a) Because Mary Nell doesn't want to go with her family to Ohio.
(b) Because Westbury, New York, is a poor and crime-ridden neighborhood.
(c) Because they realizes Lisa Shilling will be left without support.
(d) Because they believe Lisa Shilling will start dating Brian Morris in their absence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which major character is described as "a tall, blonde girl who seemed contained from within by taut wires strung from shoulder to shoulder, from head to hip. Self-contained and beautiful and distant, and suddenly mysterious" (pp. 59-60)?

2. Which major character suggests that Elizabeth Frazer should join Lisa Shilling's impromptu group therapy sessions?

3. How extensive are Lisa Shilling's physical wounds after she walks through a floor-to-ceiling window?

4. After Lisa Shilling berates Mary Nell Fickett for quite some time, what does she do?

5. What does Lisa Shilling hope to accomplish by walking deliberately through a floor-to-ceiling window?

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