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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. Mr. Bernstein refuses to talk to Mr. Shilling about Lisa Shilling's mental condition because...
(a) He is afraid of the social ramifications.
(b) He thinks Mr. Shilling will hit him.
(c) He doesn't think Lisa has a problem.
(d) He doesn't think it's his place.

2. Betsy Goodman wants Lisa Shilling to teach her how to do what strange behavior?
(a) Talk with an English accent.
(b) Talk in gibberish.
(c) Dress in all black.
(d) Fall asleep with her eyes open.

3. Which major character has frequent visual and audible hallucinations?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

4. As Lisa Shilling's mental condition continues to deteriorate, how do her classmates respond?
(a) They generally are cruel to her.
(b) They generally avoid her.
(c) They tease her little sister about it.
(d) They make fun of her.

5. Why does Betsy Goodman say Mary Nell Fickett "is the world's number one nose" (p. 121)?
(a) Because she has a big nose.
(b) Because of her dogged determination.
(c) Because she likes to smell things.
(d) Because she's always picking her nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Bernstein eventually intervenes on Lisa Shilling's behalf, he meets with various school teachers but does not involve Principal Jackson. Why not?

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?

3. During a barbecue near the end of the school year, Elizabeth Frazer deliberately provkes Lisa Shilling. Why does she do this?

4. Lisa Shilling has her friends promise that they will do something if she becomes violent. What do they promise to do?

5. By the end of the novel, Lisa Shilling is having mostly

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