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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. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Dark" refer?
(a) Lisa's periods of mental illness.
(b) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.
(c) Lisa's relationship with her boyfriend Brian.
(d) Lisa's fascination with going to see movies.

2. According to the narrator, who "counts less" (p. 12) than anyone else in the novel?
(a) Mary Nell Fickett.
(b) Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Lisa Shilling.

3. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?
(a) Frazer.
(b) Shilling.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Fickett.

4. When Lisa Shilling first tells her father that she thinks she might be going crazy, he tells her...
(a) That she should drink more coffee.
(b) That she's seen too many movies.
(c) That Shillings don't go crazy.
(d) That she should visit with a psychiatrist.

5. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...
(a) She hears voices talking in her head.
(b) She's has nightmares constantly.
(c) She can't pass her English class.
(d) She can't stop thinking about Paul Newman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character's father maintains a large personal library with valuable reference books?

2. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?

3. The first story that Betsy Goodman heard about Lisa Shilling's strange behavior happened on...

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

5. The novel is set in what U.S. State?

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