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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22 (Pages 131 - 143).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of the novel, Lisa Shilling is having mostly
(a) Bright days.
(b) Dark days.
(c) Yellow days.
(d) Blue days.

2. Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne, a schoolteacher, talk to Mr. Shilling about Lisa Shilling's situation. Why is Mrs. Shilling not present for that conversation?
(a) She was not invited.
(b) The discussion was held at a men's club where women were not allowed.
(c) She deliberately leaves the house to avoid the discussion.
(d) She was in the hospital recovering from surgery.

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

4. For what reason does the narrator believes that Mr. Bernstein and the school will not act in Lisa Shilling's best interests?
(a) Because they believe Betsy Goodman is telling lies.
(b) Because they enjoy watching students suffer.
(c) Because they don't believe Lisa has a problem.
(d) Because they are afraid of Lisa's parents' social influence.

5. Which major character enters an emotionless "precatatonic stage...with neither the desire to live or speak normally" (p. 109)?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator describe as being enthusiastic but not very practical?

2. 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?

3. During some group therapy sessions Mary Nell Fickett encourages Lisa Shilling to "free-associate" (p. 83). What does Mary Nell mean by this term?

4. Who emotionally begs Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne to do more to convince Lisa Shilling's father that Lisa needs immediate mental health care?

5. Lisa Shilling tells her friends that she is always tired. Why is she always tired?

(see the answer key)

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