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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15 (Pages 60 - 96).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. What does Lisa tell her parents during this conversation?
(a) That she is dropping out of high school.
(b) That she is failing algebra.
(c) That she is engaged to Brian Morris.
(d) That she thinks she's going crazy.

3. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...
(a) Asking how they think they can help.
(b) Telling them they are out of line.
(c) Attacking them with a knife.
(d) Denying anything is wrong.

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

5. The narrator of the novel is...
(a) Lisa Shilling.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, which major character seems to contribute the most meaningful comments during group therapy sessions?

2. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?

3. Which character is the youngest major character of the novel?

4. As Mary Nell Fickett's confidence sinks, what happens to Betsy Goodman?

5. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...

(see the answer key)

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