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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5 (Pages 9 - 33).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character's father is a minister?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Betsy Goodman.
(c) Mary Nell Fickett.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

2. The novel is set in what U.S. State?
(a) Georgia.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Jersey.

3. After Lisa Shilling's first public outburst of irrational behavior amidst a group of friends occurred, Mary Nell Fickett apologized by saying...
(a) That Lisa had just broken up with her boyfriend.
(b) Betsy and Lisa had been using psychedelic drugs.
(c) It was Lisa's menstrual cycle..
(d) She and Lisa were stressed about school

4. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?
(a) Lisa's periods of mental illness.
(b) Lisa's use of an English accent when talking.
(c) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.
(d) Lisa's obsession with the sun.

5. The narrator states that Lisa Shilling's oldest friend is...
(a) Shirley MacLaine.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Mary Nell Fickett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just after Brian Morris breaks up with her, Lisa Shilling begins to befriend which major character?

2. The first person that Mary Nell Fickett confided in about Lisa Shilling's possible mental illness was...

3. Betsy Goodman is most-fascinated with which actor/actress?

4. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...

5. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. After that conversation what does Lisa do?

(see the answer key)

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