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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 fascination with going to see movies.
(b) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.
(c) Lisa's relationship with her boyfriend Brian.
(d) Lisa's periods of mental illness.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Lisa Shilling.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

5. Just after Brian Morris breaks up with her, Lisa Shilling begins to befriend which major character?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Neil Donovan.
(d) Betsy Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The opening chapter of the novel is a conversation held in the kitchen belonging to which family?

3. After Lisa Shilling's first public outburst of irrational behavior amidst a group of friends occurred, Mary Nell Fickett apologized by saying...

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

5. The narrator compares her newly-built school to her old school and notes that both schools have the same...

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