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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 Brian Morris break up his relationship with Lisa Shilling?
(a) Because Lisa's behavior is erratic and nonsensical.
(b) Because he wants to date Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Because he realizes he's homosexual.
(d) Because Lisa's family is poor and he wants to date a rich girl.

2. 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 can't stop thinking about Paul Newman.
(c) She can't pass her English class.
(d) She's has nightmares constantly.

3. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...
(a) Selective inattention.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) A blind spot.
(d) Living in your own world.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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