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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. Which major character does Mrs. Shilling address as "'some sixteen-year-old bitch-to-be'" (p. 116)?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Lisa Shilling.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

2. Who does Lisa Shilling accuse of trying to steal Brian Morris away from her?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Tracy Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

3. After Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Elizabeth Frazer feel they have not been able to help Lisa Shilling, what does Mrs. Goodman advise them to do?
(a) To try to find someone else who needs help.
(b) To keep trying.
(c) To forget about Lisa and focus on school.
(d) To forget about Lisa and have fun.

4. What is the profession of Betsy Goodman's father ?
(a) He's a reverend.
(b) He's a school guidance counselor.
(c) He's a psychiatrist.
(d) He's an insurance salesman.

5. When Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne tell Mr. Shilling that his daughter Lisa is in serious trouble, what is Mr. Shilling's first assumption about Lisa's problem?
(a) That she wants to join a new religion.
(b) That she has been cheating on school work.
(c) That she has contracted a serious infectious disease.
(d) That she is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Lisa Shilling physically attacks which major character?

2. With only three weeks left in the school year, what does Mr. Bernstein hope for?

3. Who first decides to try and help Lisa Shilling?

4. According to the narrator, Jeremy Bernstein's primary job function is...

5. After Lisa Shilling's self-mutilation episode at school, her parents performed what action?

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