Lisa, Bright and Dark Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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Lisa, Bright and Dark Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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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. Why does Lisa wait until her friend is present to talk about a serious medical condition with her parents?
(a) The medical condition was caused by her friend.
(b) She wants her friend to pay for the treatment.
(c) She hopes that her friend will act as a witness.
(d) The medical condition is about her friend.

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

3. 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 engaged to Brian Morris.
(c) That she thinks she's going crazy.
(d) That she is failing algebra.

4. The narrator describes which major character as fulfilling the role of school princess (that is, regal, cool, far off, blonde, and slim)?
(a) Betsy Goodman.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Elizabeth Frazer.

5. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?
(a) Tracy Shilling.
(b) Jeremy Bernstein.
(c) Ben Goodman.
(d) Brian Morris.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which character begins the novel with a goal to be the first woman justice on the Supreme Court and ends the novel contemplating a career in psychology?

4. The novel begins with a recalled conversation between Lisa Shilling and her parents. Which of Lisa's acquaintances is present for the conversation?

5. According to the narrator, who is the cutest boy in school?

(see the answer key)

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